All the good maxims which are in the world fail when applied to one's self. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
It is difficult to persuade mankind that the love of virtue is the love of themselves. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own finitude, and his finitude itself is, in one sense, overcome. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth. — William Jennings Bryan Copy Share Image
“Why do so many ...settle for so little? I don't understand why they're not greedy for what's inside them” — Jack Gilbert Copy Share Image
Of all influences that cause men to choose wrong, selfishness is undoubtedly the strongest. Where it is, the Spirit is not. — William R. Bradford Copy Share Image
People think if you look after yourself you're being selfish, you know. — Gisele Bundchen Copy Share Image
Government began in tyranny and force, began in the feudalism of the soldier and bigotry of the priest; and the ideas of… — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
When you do things in a selfish way, let alone a destructive way, then you are bound by that karma. Your state… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Self-expression is a hard and selfish thing. It eats everything, even the self. At the end you find you haven't even got… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
“Narcissists only play for their own business, whereas Distortionists play with other’s business only to gain personal advantage. If you are both,… — Ashish Patel Copy Share Image
In order to swim one takes off all one's clothes--in order to aspire to the truth one must undress in a far… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
As we come to grips with our own selfishness and stupidity, we make friends with the impostor and accept that we are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are too many who reverse both the principles and the practice of the Apostles; they become all things to all men,… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“As long as there is (worldly) selfish interest, there is no unity. Unity is attained with the ultimate intent of the Self… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
You are my inspiration and my folly. You are my light across the sea, my million nameless joys, and my day's wage.… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Faced with today's problems and disappointments , many people will try to escape from their responsibility. Escape in selfishness, escape in sexual… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Johannes said greedy people can never be happy, and I would so much like to know what it feels like to be… — Anne Holm Copy Share Image
The greatest help to spiritual life is meditation. In meditation we divest ourselves of all material conditions and feel our divine nature.… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Life's not the Internet, fuckholes! Life doesn't sway or give when you try to force it to give you what you crave,… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
It is difficult to feel sympathy for these people. It is difficult to regard some bawdy drunk and see them as sick… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
If you are discouraged it is a sign of pride because it shows you trust in your own power. Your self-sufficiency, your… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
To one degree or another we all struggle with selfishness. Since it is so common, why worry about selfishness anyway? Because selfishness… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image