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Centeredness Quotes

Ego-centeredness is not individuality at all.

Ego-centeredness is not individuality at all.

David Bohm
Ego, Individuality, Centeredness
David Bohm's dialogue with Renee Weber, first published in the journal ReVision (1983), later published in Renee Weber "Dialogues with Scientists and Sages: The Search for Unity (p. 30), 1986.

It takes both spouses to say, "My self-centeredness is the main problem in my marriage" to have a great marriage.

Timothy Keller
Self, Centeredness, Problem

The essence of sin is a shift from God centeredness to a self-centeredness. The essence of salvation is a denial of self, not an affirming of self.

Henry Blackaby
Self, Essence, Centeredness

The strength of Ray Ortlund's study of Proverbs is its Christ-centeredness. The wisdom of Proverbs loses none of its practical value, but rather is given its ultimate fulfillment as an expression of the wisdom of Christ.

Graeme Goldsworthy
Expression, Rays, Centeredness

Another reason for the increased self-centeredness of an adolescent is her susceptibility to humiliation. This brazen, defiant creature is also something tender, raw, thin-skinned, poignantly vulnerable. Her entire sense of personal worth can be shattered by a frown. An innocuous clarification of facts can be heard as a monumental criticism.

Louise J. Kaplan
Self, Criticism, Centeredness
Louise J. Kaplan (1995). “Adolescence: The Farewell to Childhood”, Touchstone Books

The one thing a creator can bring to the table when everybody else has all the money and power is centeredness and the ability to walk away. Never sit at a table you can't walk away from.

Joss Whedon
Power, Centeredness, Tables

Self-pity is egotism undiluted, after all—self-centeredness in its purest form.

Rick Yancey
Self, Centeredness, Pity
Rick Yancey (2010). “The Monstrumologist: The Terror Beneath”, p.105, Simon and Schuster

The lack of God-centeredness leads to self-centeredness.

Max Lucado
Wisdom, Self, Centeredness
Max Lucado (2007). “Lucado 3-in-1: Traveling Light, Next Door Savior, Come Thirsty”, p.30, Thomas Nelson Inc

In my poems though, as you say, the comic arrived fairly late. This doubtless has something to do with growing older. A person who's seen a bit of the world can't help but notice how foolish is the self-centeredness we bring to our tiny slice of existence.

Jane Hirshfield
Self, Centeredness, World
Source: www.americanmicroreviews.com

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