Egocentric Quotes
More Egocentric Quotes
As far as the game of marbles is concerned, there is therefore no contradiction between the egocentric practice of games and the mystical respect entertained for rules. This respect is the mark of a mentality fashioned, not by free cooperation between equals, but by adult constraint.
jean piaget— The Moral Judgment of the Child, Chapter 1: The Rules of the Game (1932)
One can write, think and pray exclusively of others; dreams are all egocentric.
— 1962 Diary entry, 5 Oct.
It is as his own mind comes into contact with others that truth will begin to acquire value in the child's eyes and will consequently become a moral demand that can be made upon him. As long as the child remains egocentric, truth as such will fail to interest him and he will see no harm in transposing facts in accordance with his desires.
jean piaget— Ch. 2 : Adult Constraint and Moral Realism
The supreme egocentric of the most perfect clique of egocentrics.
Gertrude Stein— Oscar Cargill (1898–1971), a literary critic and professor of English at New York University, as quoted in B.I. Reid, "Art by Subtraction Quoted"Quoted in "The Dictionary of Biographical Quotation of British and American Subjects", p.701
As long as the child remains egocentric, truth as such will fail to interest him and he will see no harm in transposing facts in accordance with his desires .
— Jean Piaget, in The Moral Judgment of the Child (1932), Ch. 2 : Adult Constraint and Moral Realism
The real problem is how to get people to internally transform , from egocentric to sociocentric to worldcentric consciousness, which is the only stance that can grasp the global dimensions of the problem in the first place, and thus the only stance that can freely, even eagerly, embrace global solutions.
ken wilber— Ken Wilber, Sex, Ecology, Spirituality (1995, 2000)
One can write, think and pray exclusively of others; dreams are all egocentric.
evelyn waugh— Diary entry (5 October 1962)
