141 Quotes About Egotism

There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community, that have no care but for themselves, and whose care for themselves reaches little further than impatience of immediate pain, and eagerness for the nearest good.

Simply minding one's own business is more offensive than being intrusive. Without ever saying a word one can make a person feel less-than.

Time is relative. In human life, time is experience. The faster you archive a significant experience to your memory, the more you live in the same clock time. In physics, experience is represented by the distance traveled, and this entire thing is called the Relativity of Time. I want to age and die through archiving my experiences, not watching my biological clock. Please don't waste my clock time with mediocrity and egotism, let me use it towards serving to others.

Knowledge is as infinite as the universe. The man who claims to know all, only reveals to all that he really knows nothing.

You want a friend in this city? [Washington, DC.] Get a dog!

Never allow your ego to diminish your ability to listen.

I’m doing the absolute opposite of giving myself away. As far as I’m concerned, I’ll be completely visible. If the painting sells, I’ll be in Paris, hanging on a wall. If anything, I’m being selfish. It’s perfect; all the freedom of creation, with none of the fuss.

No act is so private it does not seek applause.

No other being is lesser human than the one who thinks of others as such.