narcissists

His fame as an artist requires very tender care. Look what a mask of diplomacy is painstakingly formed by the whole of that fine profile; he is as wily as a cardinal. He has scented in Miss White a useful agent of celebrity, and he has come solely to harness her to the cause of his glory. It is himself that he courts by means of the salaams he offers to her; he only ever flirts with himself. He is the Narcissus of the inkpot...

Writers are not narcissists. They simply acknowledge that what they find interesting is not unique to them.

Narcissism is as profitable to a model as scruffiness is to a homeless person.

Narcissists are everywhere in this ripe age of self-love, which amazes me because so much in life would seem to foster humility.

In a world of selfie-addiction smile usually is the brand name for an essential drug called pretense

This conversation with myself has an overwhelming aroma of narcissism.

Truthfully, there're only a handful of people in this world who really get joy from seeing you happy. Most won't care if you__e happy, only if you're miserable like they are. They eat that shit up.

Don__ ever feel bad for making a decision about your own life that upsets other people. You are not responsible for their happiness. You__e responsible for your own happiness. Anyone who wants you to live in misery for their happiness should not be in your life anyway.

No other being is lesser human than the one who thinks of others as such.

Maybe, the lesson we can all learn from the inner sadness of a Narcissist is to see through our own fabrications, our own illusions so that we can be set free to be real once more.

Narcissists are consumed with maintaining a shallow false self to others. They're emotionally crippled souls that are addicted to attention. Because of this they use a multitude of games, in order to receive adoration. Sadly, they are the most ungodly of God's creations because they don't show remorse for their actions, take steps to make amends or have empathy for others. They are morally bankrupt.

It is no accident that narcissists and altruists often have a magnetic attraction to one another. Can you see how perfect the fit is? The altruistic feels the need to selflessly serve others and this is just what the narcissist wants. Narcissists want to be worshipped and gratified in every way possible, and this is just what altruists offer, thinking it demonstrates their moral virtue.

There's nothing more narcissistic than being sure that you are built in the image of an all-powerful Creator-God, and that same God answers your prayers, knows your name, and has a personal relationship with you.

It is not accidental that the most unsympathetic characters in Austen's novels are those who are incapable of genuine dialogue with others. They rant. They lecture. They scold. This incapacity for true dialogue implies an incapacity for tolerance, self-reflection and empathy.

so often victims end up unnecessarily prolonging their abuse because they buy into the notion that their abuser must be coming from a wounded place and that only patient love and tolerance (and lots of misguided therapy) will help them heal.

Is it just possible that the most vigorous and boldest idealists have been the worst enemies of human progress instead of its greatest creators? Possible that plain men with the humble trait of minding their own business will rank higher in the heavenly hierarchy than all the plumed souls who have shoved their way in among the masses and insisted on savings them?

Love without sacrifice is like theft

To declare myself as a genius immediately evidences that I am not.