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...the human being to lack that second skin we call egoism has not yet been born, it lasts much longer than the other one, that bleeds so readily.
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egoism
egotism
self-centeredness
self-preservation
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José Saramago |
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Selfishness, self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles. Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity, we step on the toes of our fellows and they retaliate. Sometimes they hurt us, seemingly without provocation, but we invariably find that at some time in the past we have made decisions based on self which later placed us in a position to be hurt. So our troubles, we think, are basically of our own making.
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self-seeking
self-centeredness
self-pity
selfishness
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Alcoholics Anonymous |
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How can one ever do anything nobly Christian, living among people with such petty thoughts?
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self-centeredness
pride
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George Eliot |
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And yet I am happy. Yes, happy. I swear. I swear that I am happy...What does it matter that I am a bit cheap, a bit foul, and that no one appreciates all the remarkable things about me--my fantasy, my erudition, my literary gift...I am happy that I can gaze at myself, for any man is absorbing--yes, really absorbing! ... I am happy--yes, happy!
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self-centeredness
lonliness
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Vladimir Nabokov |
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It's the essence of a degenerating mind periodically, to lose all sense of continuous self, and therefore any regard for what others think of your lack of continuity.
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self-centeredness
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Ian McEwan |
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"Seeing myself or my church or my denomination as "the blessing" -- like so many mission trips to help "those less fortunate than ourselves" -- can easily descend into a blend of benevolence and paternalism. We can start to see the "poor" as supporting characters in a big story about how noble, selfless, and helpful we are."
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poverty
self-centeredness
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Nadia Bolz-Weber |
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Compassion means to suffer with, but it doesn't mean to get lost in the suffering, so that it becomes exclusively one's own. I tend to do this, to replace the person for whom I am feeling compassion with myself.
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sympathy
pain
suffering
empathy
self-centeredness
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Madeleine L'Engle |
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One of my biggest challenges is figuring out how to shoehorn my newfound knowledge into conversations.
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self-centeredness
humility
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A.J. Jacobs |