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I forgive all personal weaknesses except egomania and pretension.

The people that I admire have a wonderful balance of self-belief and humility.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.

I admire people who have that integrity, who know how to peacefully move through a situation - and it's reflected in how they deal with things like loss.

Personally, I think humility is a prerequisite to being a truly empathic person.

I hope I don't have a big ego. I try to keep that in check. But I am a prideful person, I will say.

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

I believe, in general, that even people that are self-pitying, you can feel for them.

It seems to me that everyone on this planet whom I know or have worked with is suffering from self-hatred and guilt to one degree or another. The more self-hatred and guilt we have, the less our lives work. The less self-hatred and guilt we have, the better our lives work, on all levels.