326 Quotes About Egoism

Do not try to improve anyone, but try and improve your own self. Even the Tirthankars (Omniscients) had not done egoism of improving others, they had come just to give the gift of liberation.

On One’s Own, ‘Who Am I’ cannot be understood. If egoism goes away, then ‘Who Am I’ can be understood. But how can the egoism go away?

Gnan (Knowledge) is not attained first; first the ego departs.

Bitterness and sweetness, are both fruits of egoism. Doing egosim of good deeds brings sweetness. Doing egosim of bad deeds brings bitterness.

Many people suffer great miseries but if you ask them in front of others, 'you went through great difficulty, didn't you?', then they will respond, 'no, no I didn't have any suffering'. Then they feel happy. So what kind of ‘egoism’ should one do? During times of sorrow, one should do the ‘egoism’ of happiness such that 'no one is happier than I!' People in general do the ‘egoism’ of sorrow at the time of happiness.

Mourning. At the death of the loved being, acute phase of narcissism: one emerges from sickness, from servitude. Then, gradually, freedom takes on a leaden hue, desolation settles in, narcissism gives way to a sad egoism, an absence of generosity.

He was ego-free, which was very rare in the design student world. Most design students had lots of ego and very little talent. Jony was the other way around.

An Egoistic man love boasting himself about his positions, titles, achievements, and accomplishments before others. Boasting steals the credit from the one to whom it is due.we need to boast about God, not about ourselves

You are mean because inside you’re tiny. So tiny you cannot hold up the weight of your own body. You must inflate your ego just to fill the skin. You float around like a helium balloon. Blown up and bloated and gassy and empty.