Sublime

The concern is when the self becomes the focus over their goals, even at the cost of other people’s wants and needs. And it’s at this point it branches off into a personality disorder, rather than a person who’s simply secure in who they are.

If altruism holds that service to the welfare of others is the essence of the moral life, egoism, in contrast, holds that the pursuit of our own well-being and happiness is our proper moral purpose. If altruism maintains that we belong to others, egoism maintains that we have a right to exist for our own sake. As a moral principle, egoism regards

Independent thinking is not only unconventional, it is the enemy of the very institutions that constitute the bulwark of our society.

Since the 1969 publication of The Psychology of Self-Esteem, in which Nathaniel Branden opined that self-esteem was the single most important facet of a person, the belief that one must do whatever he can to achieve positive self-esteem has become a movement with broad societal effects.

Many people fluctuate between feelings of inferiority and superiority, depending on situations or the people they

As Freud put it, “Love and work are the cornerstones of our humanness.”