21 Orson Scott Card Quotes on Ego

Orson Scott Card quotes on ego

189. Sometimes I thought I was the only one who understood, even though half the time I didn't know what it was that I was understanding. I withdrew and watched, and because I didn't have any personal ego on the line... I could see more clearly than any of them.

205. Changing the world is good for those who want their names in books. But being happy, that is for those who write their names in the lives of others, and hold the hearts of others as the treasure most dear.

206. You're very smart. Smarter than I am, I hope. Though of course I have such incredible vanity that I can't really believe that anyone is actually smarter than I am. Which means that I'm all the more in need of good advice, since I can't actually conceive of needing any. You talk in circles That's just part of my cruelty. To torment you with conversation

277. As if the universe were created to serve him, with all the people in it tuned to resonate his desires

285. He hadn't realized how much he needed the honor of others until he finally got it

300. And then he thought: is this how idiots rationalize their stupidity to themselves?

303. I'm not stupid!' in [his] experience, that was a sentence never uttered except to prove it's own inaccuracy.

305. You are so intent that you believe only what you believe that you believe, that you remain utterly blind to what you rely believe without believing that you believe it.

314. Besides, you only like the asteroid because it was named Eros and that's as close to sex as you've ever gotten.

363. Don't force the issue, don't force Nafai to humiliate you in front of the others. Instead work with him, and he will gladly let you take as much of the leadership as the oversoul will let him surrender to you. I don't think you've ever realize how Nafai worships you. How he has always wished he could be like you. How he has longed for your love and respect more than that of any other person' 'get out of my house' Very well. I see that you are a person who refuses to revise his view of the world. You can only bear to live in a world where all the bad things that happen to you are someone else's fault, where everyone must have conspired against you to deprive you of what is your due. Unfortunately, that world happens not to be the real world

367. It isn't a question of what you need. It never is. It's a question of what he needs. He needs to feel superior to you.

404. You're still young so you still think the whole universe revolves around you. But the fact is that it doesn't

434. Men seemed to find an obscene amount of pleasure in having the upper hand, in winning

460. Boys always argued as if they knew then had the forces of logic on their side, even when they were being completely irrational. Even when their 'Logic' defied the evidence

786. He may be white, but he's still a man. Men always think they know the right thing, and so they don't listen

834. Tuthmose heard this in silence. Because the idea comforted him? Or because he hated hearing from her, once again, that he was wrong?

836. Do you talk to your mistress like this? Like what? With utter honesty? Yes Impudently? Honesty always sounds like impudence to the vain and stupid

845. Admit it, Aaron. We're two of a kind. We both think we're leader of a mighty nation

1062. 'I'm not stupid!' In Bean's experience, that was a sentence never uttered except to prove its own inaccuracy. -Ender's Shadow

1078. And then he thought: Is this how idiots rationalize their stupidity to themselves? -Ender's Shadow

1098. Only stupid men trying to seem smart need to be with dumb women. Only weak men trying to look strong are attracted to compliant women.