The difference between God and the devil is in nothing except in unselfishness and selfishness. The devil knows as much as God,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I can say with a solid degree of authority that I am a selfish person. I spontaneously forget the names of more… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
“In the act of selfishness, you bind demerit karma and in the act of sacrificing your own self-interest for the sake of… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“For all the value that the true, the truthful, the selfless may deserve, it would still be possible that a higher and… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
In a world often marked by selfishness, a large family is a school of solidarity and sharing; and this attitude is to… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
But the most important lesson I have learned in my twenty years or research on morality is that nearly all people are… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
All of us, single or married, are eternally part of some family-someway, somewhere, somehow-and much of our joy in life comes as… — John H. Groberg Copy Share Image
“Self-cherishing, that’s by nature,” he said (by which I assumed he meant it’s “natural”). “Without that, we human beings become like robots,… — Dan Harris Copy Share Image
A narcissist society, in which each person is busy looking out for number one, can build neither brotherhood nor community. Aren't we… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
When a teacher of the future comes to point out to the youth of America how the highest rewards of intellect and… — Elihu Root Copy Share Image
If love closes, the self contracts and hardens: the mind having nothing else to occupy its attention and give it that change… — Charles Horton Cooley Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, one yearns for something.For the ultimate in happiness. I yearn for it,and don't know where to look for it any longer.… — Mary Balogh Copy Share Image
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will win… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
People pontificate, "Suicide is selfishness." Career churchmen like Pater go a step further and call in a cowardly assault on the living.… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
I pray for love, patience and abundance for all. I choose today to be positive, powerful and humble and continue to serve.… — DrAnil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
Education has now become the chief problem of the world, its one holy cause. The nations that see this will survive, and… — G. Stanley Hall Copy Share Image
A semi-civilized state of society, equally removed from the extremes of barbarity and of refinement, seems to be that particular meridian under… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“May be it's hard to tell from us what people were like in the old days, but no one looks behind himself… — Valentin Rasputin Copy Share Image
“There is an element of selfishness to this, I suppose. It feels pretty good to be able to so quickly help someone.… — Kitty Dukakis Copy Share Image
What i’m saying is, my friends, one ought to be able to let go. If a path does not please us, instead… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If none of your role models provide the answer, then it is time to go within and ask yourself, "What would make… — Bernie Siegel Copy Share Image
Why is it immoral for you to desire, but moral for others to do so? Why is it immoral to produce a… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“I always say that creating positive change in the world starts with just one person: you. That’s why it is so important… — Lizzie Velásquez Copy Share Image
“I marvel at the placidity of the Utopian who imagines that man is perfectible. There is no denying that the human creature… — Huysmans Joris-Karl Huysmans Copy Share Image
“All love may begin by being passionate, especially for younger people. But in the process of living together, they have to learn… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“• Reality is a curious thing. Truth is not as solid and universal as any of us would like it to be;… — R.A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
So, let us, you and I, for the sake of our brother man, individually strive by example and influence to lift the… — Ossian Everett Mills Copy Share Image
“Flowers make themselves fragrant and offer nectar. Why? To nourish the bees or to get themselves pollinated? Or both? In nature, to… — Devdutt Pattanaik Copy Share Image
“Every hour so many damn things in the sky! How in hell did those bombers get up there every single second of… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
...Good leaders wait to be called and they give up their power when they are no longer needed. Selfish men and fools… — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
Some philosophers tell us that selfishness is at the root of our best loves and affections. Mr. Dombey's young child was, from… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“Question: You seem to advise me to be self-centered to the point of egoism. Must I not yield even to my interest… — Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
Satan had two conditions [to his plan]: the first was the denial of agency, and the second, that he would have the… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
One of the bitter ironies of the 20th century was that communism, which began as an egalitarian doctrine accusing capitalism of selfishness… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“Humans pursuing deep, complete connections respond to quite different incentives from those that influence self-interested utility maximizers. Rewards, monitoring, and punishments are… — Anne-Marie Slaughter Copy Share Image
“And so must learn to love with our mouths and voices, as well as with our eyes, flesh, heart, brains, and with… — Mike Mason Copy Share Image
Take away someone’s fear, or low intelligence, or dishonesty . . . and you take away their compassion. Take away someone’s aggression… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“ Charity begins at home. Was that a narrow, selfish adage or was it simply an inescapable, bedrock fact of life in… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
Here's a news flash--writers are selfish people. Truth is, creative types like me are driven by one impulse--to make up a world… — Victoria Laurie Copy Share Image
The essence of Theosophy is the perfect harmonizing of the divine with the human in man, the adjustment of his god-like qualities… — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
![“In the act of selfishness, you bind demerit karma and in the act of sacrificing your own self-interest for the sake of others [selflessness], you bind merit karma. Nevertheless, they are both karma, aren’t they? The fruit of merit karma is shackles of gold and fruit of demerit karma is shackles of…” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/04f/dada-bhagwan-31_sacrificing_in-the-act-of-selfishness-you-bind-demer_3181507.jpg)
![“Satan had two conditions [to his plan]: the first was the denial of agency, and the second, that he would have the honor. In other words, something had to be in it for him. And thus he became the father of lies and selfishness. Taking up one's cross and following the Savior means overcoming…” quote by James E. Faust](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/287/james-e-faust-1274_agency_satan-had-two-conditions-to-his-plan-the_97153.png)
