“How do we get away from this thing that we call self-centeredness?”
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Source: Conquering Self-Centeredness (1957)
About this quote
In Conquering Self-Centeredness (1957), King uses a collective appeal to examine self awareness, with attention to thing, centeredness. The practical center is the relationship between wisdom and thing and centeredness, giving readers a specific lens for judgment and action.
When to use it
- A community organizer builds a meeting around thing before participants choose one measurable action related to self awareness.
- A teacher pairs the passage from Conquering Self-Centeredness (1957) with a primary-source exercise about wisdom and public responsibility.
- A team leader uses the tension between centeredness and centeredness to discuss conduct under pressure.

