"We are, the great spiritual writers insist, most fully ourselves when we give ourselves away, and it is egotism that …"

"Egoist: a person of low taste, more interested in himself than me."

"“No, monsieur,” returned Monte Cristo, “upon the simple condition that they should respect myself and my friends. Per…"

"There are two Americas...One is generous and humane, the other narrowly egotistical; one is self-critical, the other …"

"I now know all the people worth knowing in America, and I find no intellect comparable to my own."

"Conceit, arrogance and egotism are the essentials of patriotism. Let me illustrate. Patriotism assumes that our globe…"

"The compulsion to take ourselves seriously is in inverse proportion to our creative capacity. When the creative flow …"

"The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the co…"

"Because of the grave times, one should speak about the need for joy and of the terrible harm of any and all depressio…"

"Helena Roerich, Letters II, (7 May 1938)"