No egoism is so insufferable as that of the Christian with regard to his soul.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
From compassion springs humility. The ego is verily a gateway to hell. The person who is egoistic is far from being religious.
Of course, we are all egoists. Egoism is so much a part of our humanity.
But egoism is more than this. It is the realization by the individual that he is above all institutions and all formulas; that they exist only so far as he chooses to make them his own by accepting them.
Let's face it; God has a big ego problem. Why do we always have to worship him?
But the egoist has no ideals, for the knowledge that his ideals are only his ideals, frees him from their domination. He acts for his own interest, not for the interest of ideals.
The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention.
Ego is the immediate dictate of human consciousness.
The ego is as little absolutely permanent as are bodies.
There is no word more generally misinterpreted than the word egoism, in its modern sense.
Egoism is the very essence of a noble soul.