(83 quotes found)
“People serve the True Guru only when the fever of egotism has been eradicated. Nanak has met the Guru; all his sufferings have come to an end.”
Sri Guru Granth Sahib
“Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it”
George Santayana
“Without egotism and full of feeling, laughter is the music of life.”
William Osler
“I know perfectly well my own egotism”
Walt Whitman
“Egotism is usually subversive of sagacity.”
Marianne Moore
“Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism”
William James
“Mastery is often taken for egotism”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Practicing egotism and selfishness, they try to impress others by showing off. They perform all sorts of rituals, but they gain no acceptance.”
“God, the Merciful, has Himself bestowed His Mercy. He has totally removed the poisonous pollution of egotism.”
“The paradox about narcissism is that we all have this streak of egotism. Eighty percent of people think they're better than average.”
Mark Leary