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self-centredness

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  • Robert Bathurst, in this revival, lends Charles the right air of self-centredness and authorial vanity: at one stage, he seems mildly tickled to be at the centre of an astral menage a trois but eventually his exasperation at being so comprehensively spooked shines through.

    Blithe Spirit – review 2011

  • Girls this age are urgent and unsure about the gravitational pull of self-centredness … beauty … vanity.

    Hello, Princess | Her Bad Mother 2009

  • Most important was generating concern for others, which overcomes self-centredness.

    Dhammapada and the Jataka Tales 2010

  • Because the stronger our sense of self-centredness the greater is our unease, whereas the more we are concerned about others, the more secure we feel.

    Shantideva's Wisdom Chapter 2010

  • Because the stronger our sense of self-centredness the greater is our unease, whereas the more we are concerned about others, the more secure we feel.

    Shantideva's Wisdom Chapter 2010

  • Most important was generating concern for others, which overcomes self-centredness.

    Dhammapada and the Jataka Tales 2010

  • Most important was generating concern for others, which overcomes self-centredness.

    Dhammapada and the Jataka Tales 2010

  • Because the stronger our sense of self-centredness the greater is our unease, whereas the more we are concerned about others, the more secure we feel.

    Shantideva's Wisdom Chapter 2010

  • He portrays the fight with self-centredness as a dramatic struggle between the aspiring bodhisattva self and the old selfish self.

    The Third Dalai Lama's Refined Gold & Shantideva's Guide 2010

  • He portrays the fight with self-centredness as a dramatic struggle between the aspiring bodhisattva self and the old selfish self.

    The Third Dalai Lama's Refined Gold & Shantideva's Guide 2010

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