DON’T BE AN EGOTIST
Ego is one’s self. It also means self-love, self-confidence,
self-esteem and self- importance.
To love oneself is good rather desirable provided it does not lead to selfishness, vanity or arrogance.
An egoist loses appreciation when he/she becomes a self-seeker.
Egoists are better than egotists who are egocentric, vain, boasters,
and braggers.
According to Swiss Physicist Johann Georg Zimmerman (1728-95} egotism is more like an offence than a crime,
though it is allowable to speak of yourself provided nothing is advanced in
your own favour; but I cannot help
suspecting that those who abuse themselves are in reality, angling for approbation.
To
conclude, it is true to say that an
egotist will always speak of himself, either in praise or censure; but a modest
man ever shuns making himself the subject of his conversation.
It is also true that an egotist
considers himself or herself to be better or more important than others.
G.R.Kanwal
21st April 2024
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