self-absorbed behavior Quotes

To be extremely self-centred, only interested in your own satisfaction, always brings negative consequences in the long run.

In some ways, America has grown up to be a masterpiece of self-concern.

Self-absorption intensifies isolation, but permits it to go unnoticed.

The enormous pitfall is devotion to oneself instead of to life. All works that are self-devoted are absolutely ineffective.

[Dona Maria] saw that the people of this world moved about in an armor of egotism, drunk with self-gazing, athirst for compliments, hearing little of what was said to them, unmoved by the accidents that befell their closest friends, in dread of all appeals that might interrupt their long communion with their own desires.

Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and preoccupations loom large. But when we focus on others, our world expands. Our own problems drift to the periphery of the mind and so seem smaller, and we increase our capacity for connection - or compassionate action.

At times ... one is downright thankful for the self-absorption of other people.

Self-pity is egotism undiluted, after all—self-centeredness in its purest form.

Worship your body, beauty, and sexual allure and you will die a million deaths before they finally grieve you.

The great charm of cats is their rampant egotism, their devil-may-care attitude toward responsibility, their disinclination to earn an honest dollar.

Never underestimate the power of self-absorption, including your parents' self-absorption.

If you withdraw into yourself, you run the risk of becoming egocentric. And stagnant water becomes putrid.

Insecure leaders think everything is about them, and as a result, every action, every piece of information, every decision is put through their filter of self-centeredness.

I used to play a narcissistic-conservative pundit. Now, I'm just a narcissist.