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  CBU - Honors Journal - Egotism, Or, The Bosom Serpent - Lewis Pearson
The bosom serpent is well aware of the universality of egotism, and it is given tribute by Elliston in his quests for its brothers in the hearts and minds of others.
For example, when one has an egotism of a material nature, such as lust or greed, the cycle of desire and satisfaction begins and ends (and begins again) with the attainment of a tangible condition.
When egotism has not such tangible object, however, the frequency of the cycle’s repetition is increased to an inordinate degree.
www.cbu.edu /Academics/honors/hj2k_egotism.htm   (988 words)

  
 World of Quotes - Egotism Quotes
Egotism is the art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see.
Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.
Egotism is the anesthetic given by a kindly nature to relieve the pain of being a damned fool.
www.worldofquotes.com /topic/egotism   (125 words)

  
 Egotism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Egotism, then, is a mask we wear to hide the faults or weaknesses we believe we have.
The foundation of egotism is the delusion that we're different, the delusion that some of us are better than others.
Those who fall prey to egotism are quick to take offense and resort to violence.
www.personal-development.com /chuck/egotism.htm   (1143 words)

  
 "The Bhagavad-Gita"--Informal Essays (19 of 24)
Neither praising egotism, nor condemning individuality and originality in persons, the theosophist is encouraged by all Theosophical devotional books to approach the matter in quite a different light.
The evils of egotism do not arise because of the presence of these energies, but through our failure to find ways for using and controlling them, ways sufficiently purposeful to serve the needs of both body and soul.
Egotism, because it is "functional" in the special sense described, is certainly a rewarding subject for study.
www.wisdomworld.org /additional/TheBhagavadGita-InformalEssays/SeriesNumber19-of-24.html   (1679 words)

  
 WELCOME : www.jainsamaj.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Egotism born of authority brought sensuality and cruelty; the pride of youth invited infinite miseries; the pride of knowledge overshadowed moral values; the arrogance of might created the fear of the hazards of wars; and the arrogance of prosperity gave rise to inequalities between man and man.
In fact, the only positive aspect of egotism is that it does not expose a man's weakness in public.
Egotism and discriminations prevent even the dead from being cremated at the same spot.
jainsamaj.org /children/man.htm   (348 words)

  
 Guru Granth Sahib english Translation - page 560   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Egotism is within all bodies; through egotism, we come to be born.
In egotism, devotional worship cannot be performed, and the Hukam of the Lord’s Command cannot be understood.
In egotism, the soul is in bondage, and the Naam does not come to abide in the mind.
www.gurmatps.org /ggs_english/0560.html   (496 words)

  
 Egotism in "Emma"
Despite Emma's material advantages and positive qualities, her egotism fueled her desire for flattery (however undeserved), for preeminence, and for power and led her into snobbery, self-deception, and cruelty.
Whether the aggression of egotism is covert, as in Frank's game-playing, or overt, as in Mr.
Most of Emma's efforts to shape people and events to her fancy were unsuccessful, though her egotism deluded her into believing she was autonomous and had the power to direct other people's lives.
academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu /english/melani/novel_19c/austen/egotism.html   (1110 words)

  
 Egotism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Egotism is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
Egoism, self-illusion; hence spiritual ignorance, the maya produced by reflecting upon or imagining one's "I" as of primary importance.
Egotism: : Ayurveda — an introduction - I
www.experiencefestival.com /egotism   (356 words)

  
 Gleanings from Orthodox Christian Authors & the Holy Fathers - egotism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Where egotism is, there the Spirit of God does not exist…The person who has egotism does not draw anyone.
Humility is a sure guide; it does not allow the one who has it to strike against the reefs of carelessness and be crushed, but as a luminous guide it leads faultlessly to safety.
Egotism is the most evil of evils; this creates for us all faults, through insubmissive thoughts.
www.orthodox.net /gleanings/egotism.html   (237 words)

  
 Ayn Rand quote. Any reactions. - Stormfront White Nationalist Community   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
If 'egotism' were expanded to promote the interests of one's progeny, kin, and tribe, then she'd be right.
I think Rosenbaum was using egotism in the sense of Maslow's self-actuated person.
They are pompous jack asses who are so insecure about themselves that they have to talk themselves up and constantly ask for other people's approval of their actions.
www.stormfront.org /forum/showthread.php?p=1658582   (1350 words)

  
 Egotism or The Bosom Serpent by Nathaniel Hawthorne   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Egotism or The Bosom Serpent by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Roderick Elliston, whether the serpent was a physical reptile, or whether the morbidness of your nature suggested that symbol to your fancy, the moral of the story is not the less true and strong.
A tremendous Egotism- manifesting itself, in your case, in the form of jealousy- is as fearful a fiend as ever stole into the human heart.
www.4literature.net /Nathaniel_Hawthorne/Egotism_or_The_Bosom_Serpent/5.html   (195 words)

  
 Egotism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
I weel find ze way!" Egotism, of course, takes a back seat to reality, and sometimes he fails; but when he succeeds, it seems like magic to the rest of the world.
There is the deadly difference between pre-project egotism and post-project egotism.
Post-project egotism blinds the designer to the flaws in his work and robs him of the ability to learn and improve.
www.erasmatazz.com /library/JCGD_Volume_1/Egotism.html   (641 words)

  
 REDEMPTION FROM EGOTISM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
It means something more like “self-satisfaction.” It is a willingness to assume that one already has all the knowledge necessary for deliberation, all the understanding of the consequences of a contemplated action that could be needed.
Seeing them this way, as Nussbaum does, leads one to view historical change as telling us more about what human beings were always like, and what their moral duties always were, rather than as telling us how human beings have changed in the course of time.
Still, one will be safer in the hands of people who admired their novels than in the hands of readers who found those novels pointless.
www.stanford.edu /~rrorty/redemption.htm   (9594 words)

  
 Gems From Vachanamrut (791) -My Intense Aversion: Egotism, Jealousy and Anger
“Egotism, jealousy and anger – these three vicious natures are much more detrimental than even lust.
In addition, jealousy and anger are evolved from egotism.
Furthermore, one does not fall from Satsang due to lust as one does due to egotism.
www.swaminarayan.org /vachanamrut/791.php   (185 words)

  
 Finney's Systematic Theology--1851 Edition--Lecture XXXI
Egotism, when properly considered, does not consist in actually talking about and praising self; but in that disposition of mind that manifests itself in self-laudation.
A man may have a spirit too egotistical to speak out, and may reveal his superlative disposition to be praised, by a studied abstinence from self-commendation.
Nay, he may speak of himself in terms the most reproachful and self-abasing, in the spirit of supreme egotism, to evince his humility and the deep self-knowledge which he possesses.
truthinheart.com /EarlyOberlinCD/CD/Finney/Theology/st31.htm   (9152 words)

  
 Religious Fanaticism Part 2: Its Root Cause--Ego
: Hayumai rog maanas kayu deenaa: Mankind is afflicted with the disease of egotism (sggs 1140).
Egotism is utter darkness; in egotism, no one can understand anything (sggs 560).
: Manmukh hayumai maaeiaa sootae: The manmukhs are asleep in egotism
www.gurbani.org /webart115.htm   (8956 words)

  
 Zen Stories to Tell Your Neighbors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
One day, during his usual visit, the Prime Minister asked the master, "Your Reverence, what is egotism according to Buddhism?" The master's face turned red, and in a very condescending and insulting tone of voice, he shot back, "What kind of stupid question is that!?"
"Egotism is a large part of who we be, Without it I'm sure the daily obits would take up most of the paper.
I think I was more frightened that a man in his position would ask such a question.
www.rider.edu /~suler/zenstory/egotism.html   (442 words)

  
 Chapter Efforce <i>to</i> Egotism of E by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)
Excessive love and thought of self; the habit of regarding one's self as the center of every interest; selfishness; — opposed to altruism.
His excessive egotism, which filled all objects with himself.
Self-conceit is an overweening opinion of one's talents, capacity, attractions, etc.; egotism is the acting out of self-conceit, or self-importance, in words and exterior conduct; vanity is inflation of mind arising from the idea of being thought highly of by others.
www.bibliomania.com /2/3/257/1196/22527/6.html   (278 words)

  
 Holy Guru Granth Sahib : Section 12 - Raag Wadahans - Part 004
In egotism, selfless service cannot be performed, and so the soul goes unfulfilled.
Egotism is total darkness; in egotism, no one can understand anything.
In egotism, the soul is in bondage, and the Naam, the Name of the Lord, does not come to abide in the mind.
www.ishwar.com /holy_guru_granth_sahib/section12/part12_004.html   (529 words)

  
 The Pestilence of Egotism, the Plague of Dishonour - Stormfront White Nationalist Community   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Pestilence of Egotism, the Plague of Dishonour.
and for all, the pestilence of egotism, the plague of
It was egotism which has almost destroyed our movement in the past fifty years - the egotism of informers, the egotism of
www.stormfront.org /forum/showthread.php?t=72315   (1025 words)

  
 Egotism quotes
"Egotism is the anesthesia that keeps people on living terms with themselves"
"If a person loves only one other person, and is indifferent to his fellow men, his love is not love but a symbiotic attachment, or an enlarged egotism"
My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.
en.thinkexist.com /quotations/egotism   (300 words)

  
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The person who is egotistical as a result of individuality, and the other who bases his individuality on his egotism.
One might substitute the terms introvert and extrovert, but I want to clarify before I do that they are both forms of egotism.
Besides, the flashy speech and social position of the extrovert is beguiling, tantalizing, hypnotizing; a smoke screen that effectively disguises the egotism behind.
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 Quotations on Egotism
"If egotism means a terrific interest in one's self, egotism is absolutely essential to efficient living."
"Sensitiveness is closely allied to egotism; and excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness.
"Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries."
www.entplaza.com /cgi-bin/create/quotes.pl?cat=Egotism   (212 words)

  
 Egotism; or, The Bosom-Serpent, from Mosses from an Old Manse, 1854
Egotism; or, The Bosom-Serpent, from Mosses from an Old Manse, 1854
The snake in his bosom seemed the symbol of a monstrous egotism, to which everything was referred, and which he pampered, night and day, with a continual and exclusive sacrifice of devil-worship.
The physical fact, to which it is here attempted to give a moral signification, has been known to occur in more than one instance.
www.ibiblio.org /eldritch/nh/ego.html   (4573 words)

  
 Alejandro's Mapping Center Web Forums -> Egotism
I don't think egotism is innate; it's not part of human nature.
There is no need for anyone to impose their success or boast about it onto anyone else.
You said, however, that you would move the topic were there a topic about 'Egotism,' which there now is. You said this to the AMC public, even.
dynamic.gamespy.com /~amc/forums/index.php?showtopic=1782   (2057 words)

  
 Frequently Asked Questions FAQ about egotism
This is the beginning of a Frequently Ask Questions page on the theme of "egotism".
You can post and discuss questions on the theme of "egotism " in the Discussion Area.
What is the difference between "egotism" and it's opposite?
www.humanityquest.com /topic/faq/index.asp?theme1=egotism   (120 words)

  
 Search Results for egotism - Encyclopædia Britannica
The word is sometimes misused for egotism, the overstressing of one's own...
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 The Vegan Forum - a vegan message board - Egotism
I was just thinking alot about egotism this morning and a few things came to mind.
It seems that egotism, probably stemming from a buried low self-esteem, is created by associating negative thoughts with things around a person.
This is giving, in affect, much attention to these things, and giving them a very low worth.
www.veganforum.com /forums/showthread.php?t=1921   (482 words)

  
 Home Page For egotism - What is egotism?
Art Activities - A growing list of activities for exploring egotism using techniques from the creative arts such as brainstorming, cartooning, drawing, sculpture, poetry, etc. See other peoples artworks and contribute your own.
Etymology - The origin of the word egotism in English.
Languages -The Translation, Meaning, Etymology, Arts of egotism explored in other languages.
www.humanityquest.com /topic/Index.asp?theme1=egotism   (229 words)

  
 Gems From Vachanamrut (522) - Do not Keep Egotism - It has Detrimental Effects
“Also, one should never keep egotism of any sort before God or His devotee.
Because egotism is the cause of anger, matsar, jealousy and slander.
In fact, even the bhakti of an egotist is said to be demonic.
www.swaminarayan.org /vachanamrut/522.php   (159 words)

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