Quotes for All
I think that artists don’t make art – the art makes itself through us. I’m not the doer. I’m just along for the ride. Acting really reminds me of that because I don’t write the words; I don’t make the decisions. That’s the director. Narcissism is a tragic condition. It must be so miserable to … Read more
Intellectuals are hindered on the way to being, by their narcissism. Erich Fromm
The main condition for the achievement of love is the overcoming of one’s narcissism. The narcissistic orientation is one in which one experiences as real only that which exists within oneself, while the phenomena in the outside world have no reality in themselves, but are experienced only from the viewpoint of their being useful or … Read more
Well-being is possible to the degree to which one has overcome one’s narcissism; to the degree to which one is open, responsive, sensitive, awake, empty…. Well-being means, finally, to drop one’s Ego, to give up greed, to cease chasing after preservation and the aggrandizement of the Ego, to be and to experience one’s self in … Read more
Love isn’t something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn’t a feeling, it is a practice. Erich Fromm
It is in an artist’s real interest to congratulate herself more often: not out of narcissism, but in her role as her own dear friend and advocate. Eric Maisel
Love of country cannot be a supersized version of individual narcissism. True love of country-of this country-is love of our children, of a creed that promises them a better life before it promises us anything, and embraces the sacrifices needed to make that better life. True love of country is giving ourselves to a cause … Read more
What will the world be quite overturned when you die? Epictetus
I thought narcissism was about self-love till someone told me there is a flip side to it… It is unrequited self-love. Emily Levine
My generation, we’re more accepting of narcissism. But we’re looking at images that are dead, that are on your phone. My friends have apps to make you look skinny, to make your skin look perfect. And we look at these images and we’re like, \”That’s beauty. That’s perfect.\” But when you see a real person, … Read more