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Ego is the immediate dictate of human consciousness.

Egoic consciousness is the one we all normally operate with, until we are told there is something else! Every culture teaches egoic consciousness in different ways. At that level it is all about me, my preferences, my choices, my needs, my desires and me and my group as the central reference point.

I always define egotistical thoughts as the thoughts I think other people have of me.

Egotism: The art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see.

If egotism means a terrific interest in one's self, egotism is absolutely essential to efficient living.

Our sense of self is a kind of construct. It is in some ways like a novel, and it's like a fabric of fictions that we patch together from memory.

Self-awareness is not the same thing as self-approval, any more than imagination is the same thing as day-dreaming.

Of course, we are all egoists. Egoism is so much a part of our humanity.