“Happiness is egotistical.”
“Oh, believe me. The greatest egos are those which are too egotistical to show just how egotistical they are.”
“If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute, full of distinctive character, his egotism is precious, and remains a possession of the race.”
“Conscience makes egotists of us all.”
“Any artist must simultaneously be nigh cripplingly insecure and massively egotistical.”
“A Zendo is not a peaceful haven but a furnace room for the combustionof our egotistical delusions.”