Ego Trip Quotes

“In the biblical concept of grace, the essence of God’s movement toward us is that it happens despite, and not because of, what we are.”
― Glynn Harrison, Ego Trip: Rediscovering Grace in a Culture of Self-Esteem

“All too often in our self-esteem culture the importance of godly sorrow gets airbrushed out by positive messages of inclusion, acceptance, and self-discovery.”
― Glynn Harrison, Ego Trip: Rediscovering Grace in a Culture of Self-Esteem

“Interestingly, Becker’s work has inspired the development of a new school of psychology that views our efforts at self-esteem as a form of “terror management.”11 Its originators suggest that, as religious belief crumbled in the face of scientific advances, we needed another defense against death, a different kind of belief: “[Self-esteem is] a protective shield designed to control the potential terror that results from awareness of the horrifying possibility that we humans are merely transient animals groping to survive in a meaningless universe.”
― Glynn Harrison, Ego Trip: Rediscovering Grace in a Culture of Self-Esteem

“We attempt to plug our aching insecurity with “self-esteem,” but in our hearts we know that it simply will not do. There is something broken at the core of human experience and we need something better, deeper, and more coherent to satisfy our spiritual yearning.”
― Glynn Harrison, Ego Trip: Rediscovering Grace in a Culture of Self-Esteem

“Pursuing self-esteem interferes with establishing and maintaining mutually supportive relationships, because people become focused on themselves at the expense of others’ needs and feelings.”
― Glynn Harrison, Ego Trip: Rediscovering Grace in a Culture of Self-Esteem

“Osteen “clearly practices the self-admiration he preaches;”
― Glynn Harrison, Ego Trip: Rediscovering Grace in a Culture of Self-Esteem

“CHURCH FOR NARCISSISTS As a consequence of our obsession with choice and individuality, many of the most successful and growing churches have made far-reaching adaptations in their “offer.”
― Glynn Harrison, Ego Trip: Rediscovering Grace in a Culture of Self-Esteem

“Because of the success of the self-esteem industry, the phenomenon of “me first” resonates all around us,”
― Glynn Harrison, Ego Trip: Rediscovering Grace in a Culture of Self-Esteem

“In this upside-down world of self-esteem it’s not the sin of pride that we take into the confessional, but the transgression of “not liking myself enough.”
― Glynn Harrison, Ego Trip: Rediscovering Grace in a Culture of Self-Esteem