--- title: "16 Selfish Desires Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 16 Selfish Desires quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Selfish Desires sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/462/joseph-campbell-300_desire_sin-always-finds-it-s-root-in-our-own-se_1207125.png" --- > [Sin always finds it's root in our own selfish desires and self-gratification.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-campbell/sin-always-finds-it-s-root-in-our-own-selfish-desires-and-self/) [Joseph Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-campbell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/462/joseph-campbell-300_desire_sin-always-finds-it-s-root-in-our-own-se_1207125.png) > [My love for you is strong enough to be defeated over by my selfish desires..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mysticalistic/my-love-for-you-is-strong-enough-to-be-defeated-over-by-my-selfish/) [MYSTICALISTIC](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mysticalistic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed4/mysticalistic-50374_complicated-love_my-love-for-you-is-strong-enough-to-be-d_40575.jpg) > [“Krishna introduces the idea that it is not enough to master all selfish desires; it is also necessary to subdue possessiveness and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krishna-dwaipayana-vyasa/krishna-introduces-the-idea-that-it-is-not-enough-to-master-all/) [Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krishna-dwaipayana-vyasa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d9/krishna-dwaipayana-vyasa-23075_quote_krishna-introduces-the-idea-that-it-is-n_1191094.jpg) > [Politics is the art of making your selfish desires seem like the national interest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/politics-is-the-art-of-making-your-selfish-desires-seem-like-the/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/827/thomas-sowell-247_anti-political_politics-is-the-art-of-making-your-selfi_2138133.jpg) > [LOVE…a trade of emotions, done by shrewdest of people for their selfish desires with fools, for whom it is a matter of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/santanu-mishra/love-a-trade-of-emotions-done-by-shrewdest-of-people-for-their/) [Santanu Mishra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/santanu-mishra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d40/santanu-mishra-5101_being-betrayed_love-a-trade-of-emotions-done-by-shrewde_2754528.jpg) > [Compassion brings fulfillment to the heart. Selfish desires simply agitate the heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/radhanath-swami/compassion-brings-fulfillment-to-the-heart-selfish-desires-simply/) [Radhanath Swami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/radhanath-swami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8e/radhanath-swami-1470_agitate_compassion-brings-fulfillment-to-the-hea_2892215.jpg) > [If you're hurting people just to satisfy your own selfish desires you've turned into a cold person, and that's nothing to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonya-parker/if-you-re-hurting-people-just-to-satisfy-your-own-selfish-desires-you/) [Sonya Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonya-parker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8b/sonya-parker-80_cold-hearted_if-you-re-hurting-people-just-to-satisfy_2349636.jpg) > [People can be free from suffering if people give up selfish desires for power, wealth, and pleasure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/people-can-be-free-from-suffering-if-people-give-up-selfish-desires/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c98/anonymous-1_buddhism_people-can-be-free-from-suffering-if-peo_1475959.jpg) > [Humanity could only have survived and flourished if it held social and personal values that transcended the urges of the individual, embodying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-peacocke/humanity-could-only-have-survived-and-flourished-if-it-held-social/) [Arthur Peacocke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-peacocke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/269/arthur-peacocke-44772_humanity_humanity-could-only-have-survived-and-fl_686793.jpg) > [“To lay aside what you have in your head (selfish desires and ambitions); to freely bestow what you have in your hand;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paramahansa-yogananda/to-lay-aside-what-you-have-in-your-head-selfish-desires-and-ambitions/) [Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paramahansa-yogananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f87/paramahansa-yogananda-556_ambition_to-lay-aside-what-you-have-in-your-head_111523.jpg) > [Moved by their selfish desires, people seek after fame and glory. But when they have acquired it, they are already stricken in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/moved-by-their-selfish-desires-people-seek-after-fame-and-glory-but/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85e/gautama-buddha-163_burning_moved-by-their-selfish-desires-people-se_2695194.jpg) > [You simply cannot give to the world all that you have to give to the world if you do not remain true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-dooley/you-simply-cannot-give-to-the-world-all-that-you-have-to-give-to-the/) [Mike Dooley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-dooley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89d/mike-dooley-9315_abraham_you-simply-cannot-give-to-the-world-all_2115621.jpg) > [There are always rebels and radicals, I suppose,' McCleethy allows. 'Those who live on the fringes of society. But what do they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/libba-bray/there-are-always-rebels-and-radicals-i-suppose-mccleethy-allows-those/) [Libba Bray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/libba-bray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/279/libba-bray-259_backbone_there-are-always-rebels-and-radicals-i-s_476029.jpg) > [“There are two options for men who lack chests. Some men let their stomachs rule them. They end up pursuing nothing except…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darrin-patrick/there-are-two-options-for-men-who-lack-chests-some-men-let-their/) [Darrin Patrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darrin-patrick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a7/darrin-patrick-18062_life-plan_there-are-two-options-for-men-who-lack-c_1522863.png) > [“One of the effects of original sin is an instinctive prejudice in favour of our own selfish desires. We see things as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/one-of-the-effects-of-original-sin-is-an-instinctive-prejudice-in/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/442/thomas-merton-231_original-sin_one-of-the-effects-of-original-sin-is-an_1505128.jpg) > [If our minds are ruled by selfish desires,we die. But if our minds are ruled by the Spirit, we have life and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stankyrich/if-our-minds-are-ruled-by-selfish-desires-we-die-but-if-our-minds-are/) [Stankyrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stankyrich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/927/stankyrich-10016_blessings_if-our-minds-are-ruled-by-selfish-desire_1879572.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/selfish-desires/#itemlist", "name": "Selfish Desires Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sin always finds it's root in our own selfish desires and self-gratification.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joseph Campbell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-campbell/sin-always-finds-it-s-root-in-our-own-selfish-desires-and-self/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/462/joseph-campbell-300_desire_sin-always-finds-it-s-root-in-our-own-se_1207125.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/462/joseph-campbell-300_desire_sin-always-finds-it-s-root-in-our-own-se_1207125.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/462/joseph-campbell-300_desire_sin-always-finds-it-s-root-in-our-own-se_1207125.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Sin always finds it's root in our own selfish desires and self-gratification.” — Joseph Campbell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My love for you is strong enough to be defeated over by my selfish desires..", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "MYSTICALISTIC" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mysticalistic/my-love-for-you-is-strong-enough-to-be-defeated-over-by-my-selfish/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed4/mysticalistic-50374_complicated-love_my-love-for-you-is-strong-enough-to-be-d_40575.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed4/mysticalistic-50374_complicated-love_my-love-for-you-is-strong-enough-to-be-d_40575.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed4/mysticalistic-50374_complicated-love_my-love-for-you-is-strong-enough-to-be-d_40575.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My love for you is strong enough to be defeated over by my selfish desires..” — MYSTICALISTIC", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Krishna introduces the idea that it is not enough to master all selfish desires; 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But when they have acquired it, they are already stricken in years. If you hanker after worldly fame and practise not the Way, your labors are wrongfully applied and your energy is wasted. It is like unto burning an incense stick. 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But when they have acquired it, they are…” — Gautama Buddha", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You simply cannot give to the world all that you have to give to the world if you do not remain true to your own \"selfish\" desires. You have a unique set of precious values that can only be fulfilled by pursuing what drives you the most: your passions and dreams. Could Thomas Edison have tended to the downtrodden as Mother Teresa did? Could Albert Einstein have preached salvation as Martin Luther King Jr. did? Could Abraham Lincoln have built cars like Henry Ford? 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'Those who live on the fringes of society. But what do they contribute to the society itself? They reap its rewards without experiencing its costs. No. I submit that loyal, hardworking citizens who push aside their own selfish desires for the good of the whole are the backbone of the world. What if we all decided to run off and live freely without thought or care for society's rules? Our civilization would crumble. 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