The discussion of ideas as opposed to the American narcissistic obsession with what's going on with the self, that's the general thing people are talking about.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We reproach people for talking about themselves; but it is the subject they treat best.
Our public figures are often narcissists, utterly self-absorbed in their quest for power.
It's extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. The things that people always go on about is, 'tell us about us', 'tell us about the first human being'. We are so self-obsessed with our own history. There is so much more out there than what connects to us.
Self-consciousness is really a form of egotism.
Relentless, repetitive self talk is what changes our self-image.
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
Many people identify their sense of self with the problems they have, or think they have.
Ideas sometimes come from nowhere, and sometimes they take lots of thinking.
Ideas are not thoughts; the thought respects the boundaries that the idea ignores thereby failing to realize itself.