Daryl Van Tongeren > Quotes

“In the competitive game of materialism, there are no winners.”
― Daryl Van Tongeren, Humble: Free Yourself from the Traps of a Narcissistic World

“When you’re looking for every opportunity to stroke your own ego, you will lose most of your relationships along the way.”
― Daryl Van Tongeren, Humble: Free Yourself from the Traps of a Narcissistic World

“Crafting ideological echo chambers is an act of arrogance. It signals that we’re so convinced we’re right, we only need other people around who will affirm the superiority of our beliefs.”
― Daryl Van Tongeren, Humble: Free Yourself from the Traps of a Narcissistic World

“humility includes three features: an accurate self-assessment, the ability to regulate one’s ego, and an orientation toward other people.9 Put more simply, humility is knowing yourself, checking yourself, and going beyond yourself. Let’s look at each of these features.”
― Daryl Van Tongeren, Humble: Free Yourself from the Traps of a Narcissistic World

“Humility is a way of approaching ourselves, other people, and the world around us with a sense of enoughness—an unconditional worth and value—that opens us to the world as it is.”
― Daryl Van Tongeren, Humble: Free Yourself from the Traps of a Narcissistic World