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“money appears to motivate only our interest in ourselves, making us selfish and self-centered...Money makes people feel self-sufficient, which also means they don't need or care about others; it's each man for himself”

Book:Havemercy

Source: Havemercy

“Writers are too self-centered to be lonely.”

Self Lonely Self Centered

Author:Richard Condon

“Could it be that those who were reared in the postwar years really were spoiled, as we used to hear? Did a child-centered generation, raised in depression and war, produce a self-centered generation that resents children and parenthood?”

Years Children War Self Used Generations Produce Raised Parenthood Self Centered Spoiled Resent

Author:C. Sommerville

“... I think that I was too self-centered to ever develop good skills as a peacemaker. In my younger days, I assumed that it was because I was smarter than everyone else, with no patience for explaining things in short words for mouthbreathers who just didn't get it.”

Thinking Self Skills Smarter Explaining Self Centered Peacemaker No Patience Short Words Explaining Things Younger Days

Book:Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

Source: Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

“Our good nature and endearing qualities will not arouse the answers to our prayers. Rather it is our mischievous, dishonest attributes that provide the master keys to heaven. When we identify and work to transform our self-centered qualities and crooked characteristics, the key turns and the gates unlock. Blessings and good fortune are now free to rain down upon us.”

Self Turns Heaven Prayer Answers Quality Masters Keys Blessing Rain Fortune Characteristics Gates Attributes Good Fortune Our Prayers Self Centered Crooked Mischievous Good Nature Endearing

Author:Yehuda Berg

“The invasion of the Church by the world is a menace to the extension of Christ's Kingdom. In all ages conformity to the world by Christians has resulted in lack of spiritual life and a consequent lack of spiritual vision and enterprise. A secularized or self-centered Church can never evangelize the world.”

World Self Age Christian Spiritual Christ Church Vision Kingdoms Enterprise Conformity Spiritual Life Extensions Invasion Self Centered Menace Spiritual Vision

Book:The Evangelization of the World in this Generation

Source: The Evangelization of the World in this Generation

“The essayist is a self-liberated man, sustained by the childish belief that everything he thinks about, everything that happens to him, is of general interest. He is a fellow who thoroughly enjoys his work, just as people who enjoy bird walks enjoys theirs. Each new excursion of the essayist, each new 'attempt,' differs from the last and takes him into new country. This delights him. Only a person who is congenitally self-centered has the effrontery and the stamina to write essays.”

People Thinking Men Writing Persons Self Country Happens Lasts Belief Enjoy Interest Walks Bird Fellows Delight Essays Self Centered Liberated Stamina Essayists Excursions

Book:Essays of E. B. White

Source: Essays of E. B. White

“In all the people I meet - though some may be governed by the self-centered nature and may not know their potential at all - I see that divine spark. And that's what I concentrate on. All people look beautiful to me; they look like shining lights to me. I always have the feeling of being thankful for these beautiful people who walk the earth with me.”

People Knows Looks May Self Feelings Light Earth Beautiful Walks Divine Shining Sparks Being Thankful Self Centered Beautiful People Shining Light

Author:Peace Pilgrim

“Know that you are God's beautiful child, always in God's hands. Accept God... accept God's protection... there is really no problem to fear. Know that you are not the clay garment. Know that you are not the self-centered nature which governs your life needlessly. Know that you are the God-centered nature, The Kingdom of God within. The Indwelling Christ. Eternal and indestructible. Identify with the real you.”

Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words

“I always have a feeling of awe and wonder at what God can do - using me as an instrument. I believe that anyone who is fully surrendered to God's will can be used gloriously - and will really know some things - and will probably be called self-righteous. You're called self-righteous if you are self-centered enough to think you know everything - but you may also be called self-righteous by the immature if you are God-centered enough to really know some things.”

Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words

“Are you a slave to your self-centered nature or does your divine nature guide your life? Do you kow that every moment of your life you're creating through thought? You create your own inner condition; you're helping create the conditions around you.”

Doe Self Moments Helping Conditions Divine Creating Slave Guides Self Centered Divine Nature

Book:Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words

Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words

“After an inferior man has been taught a doctrine of superiority he will remain as inferior as he was before his lesson. He will merely assume himself to be superior, and attempt to employ his recently-learned tactics against his own kind, whom he will then consider his inferiors. With each inferior man enjoying what he considers his unique role, the entire bunch will be reduced to a pack of strutting, foppish, self-centered monkeys gamboling about on an island of ignorance. There they will play their games under the supervision of their keeper, who was and always will be a superior man.”

Source: The Devil's Notebook

“If we adopt a self-centered approach to life, by which we attempt to use others for our own self interest, we might be able to gain temporary benefits, but in the long run we will not succeed in achieving even our personal happiness, and hope for the next life is out of the question.”

Ifs Long Self Use Might Running Able Life Is Next Interest Achieve Succeed Benefits Approach Gains Temporary Long Runs Self Interest Self Centered Next Life Personal Happiness

Author:Dalai Lama

“I'd rather be on this side of the camera. I feel more comfortable. I'd rather keep myself centered and keep my ego as tepid as possible. Because you can get a big head walking around here.”

Feels Bigs Sides Walking Ego Comfortable Cameras Self Centered Big Heads

Author:Ralph Sarchie

“The farther we get from God, the more the world spirals out of control. My heart aches for America and its deceived people. The wonderful news is that our Lord is a God of mercy, and He responds to repentance. In Jonah's day, Nineveh was the lone world superpower-wealthy, unconcerned, and self-centered. When the Prophet Jonah finally traveled to Nineveh and proclaimed God's warning, people heard and repented. I believe the same thing can happen once again, this time in our nation. It's something I long for.”

“Show me someone without an ego, and I'll show you a loser - having a healthy ego, or high opinion of yourself, is a real positive in life!”

Real Shows Opinion Self Love Healthy Ego Loser Love Yourself Show Me Self Centered Narcissistic Egotistical Egocentric Self-importance Big Ego

Author:Donald Trump

“A "godly" person is one who ceases to be self-centered in order to become God-centered.”

Persons Self Order Cease Godly Self Centered

Book:So, You Want To Be Like Christ?: Eight Essentials to Get You There

Source: So, You Want To Be Like Christ?: Eight Essentials to Get You There

“Sometimes I wonder if there is really goodwill in the world to worry about saving human beings, or whether we are just using that as camouflage for our own interests, the self-centered drive for more profits.”

Ifs World Humans Self Sometimes Interest Human Beings Wonder Worry Profit Saving Self Centered Goodwill Camouflage Sometimes I Wonder

Author:Enele Sopoaga

“I started acting long before I decided to pursue it. I started acting as an amateur when I was a kid, but I wanted to become a diplomat. It was self-centered and weird, but I had this idea of going out in the world and solving conflicts and making the world a better place.”

World Long Ideas Self Kids Wanted Acting Conflict Decided Pursue Going Out Better Place Self Centered Diplomats

Author:Stellan Skarsgard

“The whole Universe is on your side. Life is forever biased on the side of healing, on the side of overcoming, on the side of success. When you get yourself centered in the Universal flow you become synchronized with this divine bias for good.”

Whole Life Is Universe Sides Healing Forever Divine Flow Overcoming Universal Bias Self Centered Your Side Biased

Author:Eric Butterworth

“Reality TV is the perfect antidote to people who don't have enough self-centered douchebags in their life.”

People Self Enough Reality Perfect Tvs Antidote Self Centered Reality Tv Douchebags

Author:Dana Gould

“Lord, help us to see in your crucifixion and resurrection an example of how to endure and seemingly to die in the agony and conflict of daily life, so that we may live more fully and creatively. You accepted patiently and humbly the rebuffs of human life, as well as the torture of the cross. Help us to accept the pains and conflicts that come to us each day as opportunity to grow as people and become more like you-make us realize that it is only by frequent deaths of ourselves, and our self-centered desires that we can come to live more fully, only by dying with you that we can rise with you.”

“I do not condemn any personal choices for intimate relationships. Love is love. I detest only the violence and trauma that any self-centered conduct can cause to others.”

Self Choices Causes Love Is Violence Trauma Intimate Self Centered Love Relationship Detest Intimate Relationships Personal Choice

Author:Akiane Kramarik

“Unfortunately, daily routine is the last thing I have with all three kids, family life, work, foundation, and the amount of travel that I do! So truly, what I try to do to keep myself centered is take breaths in between and before I start a new thing throughout the day.”

Trying Kids Lasts Three Amount Breaths Foundation Routine New Things Family Life Self Centered Daily Routines

Author:Camila Alves

“When we start to talk about gurus, we're talking about beings who actually know what this is all about. They know who we were, where we came from, and where we're going. They are not imprisoned in a selfish or self-centered view of the universe.”

Knows Self Universe Views Talking Selfish Guru Self Centered Where We Came

Author:Krishna Das

“I don't want to read more into it than there is. I try not to overanalyze anymore, as it tends to make me self-centered. If there is a deeper message in what happened in the last year and a half, I'm not going to look under every rock for it. Just let God be God.”

Ifs Want Trying Years Looks Self Lasts Half Happened Rocks Letting Go Messages Deeper Last Year Self Centered Just Let Go

Author:Wayne Watson

“If you look at the people in Hollywood who are heavy partiers, they're selfish, self-centered and egotistical.”

People Ifs Looks Self Hollywood Heavy Selfish Self Centered Egotistical

Author:Danny Trejo

“What's great about going on tour is that it immediately unburdens me of those self-centered misconceptions. Because suddenly, with these songs you've been obsessed with for months, you're playing them for hundreds of people.”

People Self Song Months Obsessed Self Centered Misconception

Author:Greg Saunier

“There are people so blind and self-absorbed in all matters that they always believe that, whatever they desire or think, they can impose their will on other people. Whatever bad reason they use to persuade others, these self-centered people are so caught up in the process that it seems to them all they have to do is to speak their wishes in a lofty and commanding tone of voice in order to convince everybody.”

“I love to put on frequency music or binaural beats to keep myself centered. It helps me with mental clarity, and it gives me a moment to breathe and be present.”

Giving Moments Helping Beats Give Me Breathe Clarity Help Me Frequency Self Centered

Author:Syesha Mercado

“What we do is inherently self-centered and sort of narcissistic. It's hard to really be thinking about myself all of the time when I have a dog who needs me to be caring for him twenty-four seven.”

Thinking Needs Self Hard Four Dog Twenties Seven Caring Self Centered Narcissistic

Author:Bitsie Tulloch

“Any school would gain, if the students began the day with meditation, cleared their heads and got themselves centered.”

Ifs School Meditation Students Gains Self Centered

Author:Pico Iyer

“Dan Coats, retiring senator from Indiana, a mild-mannered man, a former United States ambassador to Germany, former congressman, said of Ted Cruz he's the most self-centered, narcissistic, pathological liar I have ever seen.And he said, you can quote me on that.”

Men Said Self States United United States Former Germany Liars Retiring Senators Coats Self Centered Narcissistic Ambassadors Congressman Indiana Cruz Pathological Liar

Author:Mark Shields

“Without a vision people and the church become self-centered. People start finding fault with one another and the church self-destructs.”

People Self Church Vision Findings Faults Self Centered Self Destruct Self Centered People

Author:John C. Maxwell

“It was about the compelling need to make countries get along to prevent war, in contrast with the totally petty and selfish bullshit that drives the individuals who are supposedly in charge of these countries. It's hard to believe that these self-centered people have nuclear weapons that they can fire at any moment.”

People Needs Believe War Self Country Hard Moments Individual Fire Weapons Nuclear Selfish Contrast Nuclear Weapons Compelling Bullshit Petty Self Centered Hard To Believe Self Centered People

Author:Jay Roach

“It's hard to believe that these self-centered people have nuclear weapons that they can fire at any moment. Even modern wars are fought like revenge tales from some petty grievance. It was definitely tapping into the Dr. Strangelove vibe, which is one of my three top favorite films or all time.”

“If contemplation of other people's pain just increases distress, then I think we should see it in another way. If we don't center too much on ourselves, then [we] increase our courage and our determination to remedy the pain, not our distress. If we have unconditional compassion, then it increases our courage. So that's the difference, self-centered motivation versus altruistic motivation.”

People Ifs Thinking Way Should Self Pain Motivation Differences Compassion Too Much Determination Increase Contemplation Remedy Distress Versus Unconditional Another Way Self Centered

Author:Matthieu Ricard

“Too much involvement with one's feeling [is destructive]. If they have too much self-centered feelings, they get in trouble.”

Ifs Self Feelings Too Much Trouble Destructive Involvement Self Centered

Author:Matthieu Ricard

“Racism springs from the lie that certain human beings are less than fully human. It's a self-centered falsehood that corrupts our minds into believing we are right to treat others as we would not want to be treated.”

Want Mind Believe Humans Self Lying Certain Human Beings Racism Spring Treats Treated Falsehood Self Centered Anti Racism

Author:Alveda King

“I'm still pretty self-centered, greedy and angry.”

Stills Self Angry Greedy Self Centered

Author:Denis Leary

“If we live a self-directed, self-motivated, self-centered life, always needing to get our own way, then we're going to be miserable. In fact, many times we believe it's our problems that are making us unhappy when, in reality, it's because we're focused on ourselves!”

Ifs Way Believe Self Facts Problem Reality Focused Unhappy Miserable Motivated Self Centered Self Motivated

Author:Joyce Meyer

“The flesh, or human nature, is generally lazy and self-centered.”

Humans Self Human Nature Flesh Lazy Self Centered

Author:Joyce Meyer

“We have self-centered minds which get us into plenty of trouble. If we do not come to understand the error in the way we think, our self-awareness, which is our greatest blessing, is also our downfall.”

Ifs Thinking Way Mind Self Trouble Awareness Blessing Self Awareness Errors Plenty Self Centered Downfall Greatest Blessings Being Self Centered

Author:Joko Beck

“No one can find inner peace except by working, not in a self- centered way, but for the whole human family.”

Way Humans Self Whole Family Inner Peace Peace Of Mind Inner Self Self Centered Finding Peace Newborn Peace And Happiness Inner Happiness Human Family Achieving Peace Inner Peace And Happiness Being Self Centered

Book:Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words

Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words

“We all get self-centered.”

Self Self Centered

Author:Laura Schlessinger

“Nothing about the priesthood is self-centered. The priesthood always is used to serve, to bless, and to strengthen other people.”

People Self Used Bless Self Centered Priesthood

Author:David A. Bednar

“Anyone too undisciplined, too self-righteous or too self-centered to live in the world as it is has a tendency to idealize a world which ought to be. But no matter what political or religious direction such idealists choose, their visions always share one telling characteristic: in their utopias, heavens or brave new worlds, their greatest personal weakness suddenly appears to be a strength.”

Source: The Brothers K

“That’s what it was like to be alive. To move about in a cloud of ignorance; to go up and down trampling on the feelings of those...of those about you. To spend and waste time as though you had a million years. To be always at the mercy of one self-centered passion, or another. Now you know- that’s the happy existence you wanted to go back to. Ignorance and blindness. -Simon Stimson, OUR TOWN”

Source: Three Plays: Our Town, The Skin of Our Teeth, The Matchmaker

“Love is the movement within life that carries us, that enables us, that causes us to break out of what Alan Watts calls the “skin-encapsulated ego.” Without love, we are self-centered, but love enables us to move the center of our lives outside our ego. Therefore it expands our lives and, needless to say, enriches it. Any human being would give anything to love or be loved. When it really happens, it is like heaven on earth.”

Giving Humans Self Happens Earth Moving Heaven Causes Human Beings Love Is Break Our Lives Movement Ego Skins Carrie Self Centered Without Love Break Out Heaven On Earth

Author:Huston Smith

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