If egotism means a terrific interest in one's self, egotism is absolutely essential to efficient living.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Egoism is the very essence of a noble soul.
Self-consciousness is really a form of egotism.
The ego is as little absolutely permanent as are bodies.
Of course, we are all egoists. Egoism is so much a part of our humanity.
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.
Clearly I am a person who suffers from a lack of ego.
The ego is only an illusion, but a very influential one. Letting the ego-illusion become your identity can prevent you from knowing your true self. Ego, the false idea of believing that you are what you have or what you do, is a backwards way of assessing and living life.
In brief, egoism in its modern interpretation, is the antithesis, not of altruism, but of idealism.
The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention.
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