But egoism is more than this. It is the realization by the individual that he is above all institutions and all formulas; that they exist only so far as he chooses to make them his own by accepting them.
In brief, egoism in its modern interpretation, is the antithesis, not of altruism, but of idealism.
Shyness is just egoism out of its depth.
Who among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty good feelings, pity and remorse?
The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief.
Of course, we are all egoists. Egoism is so much a part of our humanity.
Egoism is the very essence of a noble soul.
No egoism is so insufferable as that of the Christian with regard to his soul.
There is no word more generally misinterpreted than the word egoism, in its modern sense.
For a solitary animal egoism is a virtue that tends to preserve and improve the species: in any kind of community it becomes a destructive vice.