Traditional spirituality often made pleasure, joy, good feelings. the things to overcome. It said you couldn't just indulge in your desires; that… — Charles Eisenstein Copy Share Image
“Misha noticed the change in her immediately and he felt selfishly proud of being the cause of it.” — Zøe Haslie Copy Share Image
It is important that when pursing our own self-interest we should be 'wise selfish' and not 'foolish selfish'. Being foolish selfish means… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The late Alan Gregg pointed out that human population growth within the ecosystem was closely analogous to the growth of malignant tumor… — Marston Bates Copy Share Image
It is the ignorant person who seeks his or her own ends at the expense of the greater whole. It is the… — Ralph Waldo Trine Copy Share Image
There is a difference between being self-interested and being selfish. I will never be selfish. — Abbie Hoffman Copy Share Image
To exercise some sort of control over others is the secret motive of every selfish person. — Wallace D. Wattles Copy Share Image
I dont feel like I would be a good mentor. I dont know what I have to offer in that respect. I… — Ryan Gosling Copy Share Image
The trouble with deep belief is that it costs something And there is something inside me, some selfish beast of a subtle… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the… — John Jay Chapman Copy Share Image
I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In recent years, many seem to have spent their lives protesting. Perhaps they have felt to do this because they have felt… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
If anything, I would like to see the climate change happen, so the science could be proved right, regardless of the consequences.… — Phil Jones Copy Share Image
It is an entirely selfish decision to turn producer because I want my kind of cinema to last and flourish, and helping… — Anurag Kashyap Copy Share Image
Exploiters and manipulators have always used religion self-righteously to further their own selfish ends. — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
The idealism of the left is a very selfish idealism. In their war against 'the rich' and big business, they don't care… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“In fact, the more each person can remove his or her ego from the discussion and focus on the subject matter, the… — Matthew Kelly Copy Share Image
I think Bolano had a generosity about him that was unique. He seemed to include so many people in the circle of… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
A tyrannous and gluttonous demand for affection can be a horrible thing. But in ordinary life no one calls a child selfish… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
This has been my struggle for years - the pull between wanting to be in the spotlight and yet also to make… — Kelly Carlin-McCall Copy Share Image
We're all born with selfish desires, so we can all relate to those feelings in others. But kindness is something made individually… — Natsuki Takaya Copy Share Image
This over-consumption is also manifest in our use of raw materials. It can even be found in our dietary habits... . People… — Yehuda Levi Copy Share Image
Racing is a very selfish, self-centred, self-glorifying thing. My wife's life for 14 years was centered around me. It was all about… — Greg LeMond Copy Share Image
Plato assumes somehow that government is a way in which you put unselfish and ungreedy men in charge of selfish and greedy… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
