Love. Help with no expectations. Destroy selfishness…

I think for anyone who follows the 'artistic life,' a certain amount of selfishness and self-involvement is part of the package. You're probably already…

— David Chase

“Unlike the rest of you, I cheerfully admit to my own utter selfishness. I am self-made, self-absorbed, self-serving, self-referential, even self-deprecating, in a charming…

— William Lashner

Selfishness and self-absorption are deadly charm-exterminators.

— Loretta Young

People do not cooperate under the division of labor because they love or should love one another. They cooperate because this best serves their…

— Ludwig von Mises

“Because of anger-pride-deceit-greed, selfishness [self-interest] remains and consequently one has no awareness of who dies or who takes birth. It is simply a wrong…

— Dada Bhagwan

If none of your role models provide the answer, then it is time to go within and ask yourself, "What would make me happy?"…

— Bernie Siegel

We are wont to condemn self-love; but what we really mean to condemn is contrary to self-love. It is that mixture of selfishness and…

— Paul Valery

Is it possible really to love other people? If I’m lonely and in pain, everyone outside me is potential relief—I need them. But can…

— David Foster Wallace

“Selfishness is self-absorption, self-seeking behaviour that either disregards the rights and needs of others or tramples them deliberately in favour of personal gain.”

— Adelyn Birch

“Selfishness, self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles. Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity, we step…

— Alcoholics Anonymous

Wisdom means that it gives you detachment, detachment from all that is selfishness, self-centredness, self-obsession, ego - all connected with self.

— Nirmala Srivastava

So, the first thing we should introspect - are we concerned about ourselves ? All the time do we think that we are suffering,…

— Nirmala Srivastava

Ours has been called a culture of narcissism. The label is apt but can be misleading. It reads colloquially as selfishness and self-absorption. But…

— Sherry Turkle

I have thoroughly tried school-keeping, and found that my expenses were in proportion, or rather out of proportion, to my income,for I was obliged…

— Henry David Thoreau

There is no sweeter sound than the crumbling of one's fellow man.

— Groucho Marx