Selfishness is the absence of selflessness

I knew by the way he looked at her that he held her in a higher regard than he held even himself. No selfishness…

— Veronica Roth

“For, while selflessness is the law, to belittle self is a form of selfishness and not selfless. But putting the ideal in that which…

— Edgar Cayce

We cannot live for ourselves alone. Our lives are connected by a thousand invisible threads, and along these sympathetic fibers, our actions run as…

— Anonymous

“All you do out of selfish reasons is a waste”

— Sunday Adelaja

“To esteem what makes you holy over what makes you happy - that is the greatest dare.”

— Criss Jami

“Nature is infinitely rich and diverse in her ways. She can be seen to break her most unchanging laws. She has made self-interest the…

— Jan Potocki

“Hence you find a good deal of unselfishness in the world, but very little selflessness.”

— S.M. C

Selfishness is better than selflessness. It's like being happy without giving a DAMN

— Sherlie May Revillosa

“All the happiness and virtue in this world come from selflessness and generosity, all the sorrow from egotism, selfishness, and greed.”

— Lama Surya Das

There is the expression of selfishness and there is the expression of selflessness - but economists or theoreticians never touched that part. They said:…

— Muhammad Yunus

“Some of our friends are our friends only because we used to be friends.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Absence of gratitude is the mark of the narrow, uneducated mind. It bespeaks a lack of knowledge and the ignorance of self-sufficiency. It expresses…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

“The only thing that holds you back from your success is fear of the unknown”

— Thabiso Monkoe

“If they don't appreciate your presence, they may never recognize your absence.”

— Najwa Zebian

“Witnessing a selfless act brings tears to remind us how we should be treating others.”

— Bryant McGill