“Let us not subside into a single mandatory way of thinking or feeling, immersed by a spirit of self-gratification. But let’s dig… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
Self-love . . . is the sole antagonist of virtue, leading us constantly by our propensities to self-gratification in violation of our… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The closed circle of materialism is clear to us now - aspirations become wants, wants become needs, and self-gratification becomes a bottomless… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
If this earth should ever be destroyed, it will be by desire, by the lust of pleasure and self-gratification, by greed of… — John Fire Lame Deer Copy Share Image
In this age of the pursuit of self gratification and self-indulgence, genuine, warm hospitality stands out as a practical example of unselfish… — John Wimber Copy Share Image
Studying music encourages self-discipline and diligence, traits that carry over into intellectual pursuits and that lead to effective study and work habits.… — Michael E. DeBakey Copy Share Image
For me, self-gratification eventually took a backseat to trying to do something collaborative with other people, to trying to make something new. — Ariel Pink Copy Share Image
Sin always finds it's root in our own selfish desires and self-gratification. — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Love is a many-sided sacrifice; it means thoughtfulness for others; it means putting their good before self-gratification. Love is impulse, no doubt,… — Hugh Reginald Haweis Copy Share Image
“All our opinions are false and don’t matter in the grand scheme of things. We live ,we die. We as individuals don’t… — Ilwaad Isa Copy Share Image
Certainly I believe that God gave us life for happiness, not misery. Humanity, I am sure, will never be made lazy or… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
Selfishness is one of the more common faces of pride. 'How everything affects me' is the center of all that matters-self-conceit, self-pity,… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
... Grief is selfish. It is indulged in for self-gratification, not for love. Cosmic man knows the beauty and unreality of death.… — Walter Russell Copy Share Image
It is impossible to satisfy self. Self always wants more and more. It is an ugly monster that will devour you if… — Randa Manning-Johnson Copy Share Image
If the heart be chiefly and directly fixed on God, and the soul engaged to glorify him, some degree of religious affection… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
Among the few I have indicated, is there no dynamic man of action, the rebel who will help determine the aspect of… — Piet Zwart Copy Share Image
In retrospect, all these exercises in self-gratification seem pure fantasy, what Pascal called, licking the earth. — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
When I look back on my life nowadays, which I sometimes do, what strikes me most forcibly about it is that what… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
Let's be clear about what people never say about Playboy on television. It was nothing more than an instrument for onanism. That's… — Greg Gutfeld Copy Share Image
“True happines is not attained through self gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose” — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
Grief is selfish. It is indulged in for self-gratification, not for love. Cosmic man knows the beauty and unreality of death. — Walter Russell Copy Share Image
