There is no word more generally misinterpreted than the word egoism, in its modern sense.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In brief, egoism in its modern interpretation, is the antithesis, not of altruism, but of idealism.
Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
Egotism - usually just a case of mistaken nonentity.
Of course, we are all egoists. Egoism is so much a part of our humanity.
The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention.
To me the ego is the habitual and compulsive thought processes that go through everybody's mind continuously. External things like possessions or memories or failures or successes or achievements. Your personal history.
Ego is the immediate dictate of human consciousness.
I always define egotistical thoughts as the thoughts I think other people have of me.
No egoism is so insufferable as that of the Christian with regard to his soul.
Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.
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