“Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live. It is asking other people to live as one wishes to live.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“I needed so much To have nothing to touch I've always been greedy that way” — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
“It is not selfishness or unselfishness that distinguishes love from non-love; it is the aim of the action.” — M. Scott Peck Copy Share Image
“It is when your practice is rather greedy that you become discouraged with it.” — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Live for yourself -- there's no one else More worth living for Begging hands and bleeding hearts will only cry out for… — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
I know its selfish but I wish I was the only one who gives smile on your face. — Redeyeen Copy Share Image
“be greedy when others are fearful, and fearful when others are greedy.” — Warren Buffet Copy Share Image
“Of all selfish bastards, a selfish bastard who likes to be liked is probably the worst. Never” — Tom Holt Copy Share Image
I don't see anything wrong with telling someone that you are selfish with their love and that you can't stand sharing them… — Vic Fuentes Copy Share Image
Our actual enemy is not any force exterior to ourselves, but our own crying weaknesses, our cowardice, our selfishness, our hypocrisy, our… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
“Gradually, I came to accept hunger as a constant companion. But this new hunger was different. It filled me with hatred, confusion,… — Mark Mathabane Copy Share Image
Democracy is threatened by the inertia of good people, by the selfishness of most people, and by the evil designs of a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Most of the time, such selfishness only makes a person more depressed than ever. This is because when all you focus on… — Craig Williams Copy Share Image
“I realize the selfishness of children. We love them, and we revolve around their universe, but they don't revolve around ours.” — Brunonia Barry Copy Share Image
If I had my mouth, I would bite; if I had my liberty, I would do my liking. In the meantime, let… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the creative light of altruism or the darkness of destructive selfishness. This is… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I think love is often a bit selfish, even before we had consumerism. That's not new. A consumer society gives you the… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
If at the end of the week's work, and on receiving his wages, he were to ask his employer for a larger… — James Allen Copy Share Image
I'm sorry that I said goodbye, people say I did the right thing but they don't have to cry. I can love… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is difficult to feel sympathy for these people. It is difficult to regard some bawdy drunk and see them as sick… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
Mighty is the force of motherhood! It transforms all things by its vital heat; it turns timidity into fierce courage, and dreadless… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. And unselfishness… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
No man at bottom means injustice; it is always for some obscure distorted image of a right that he contends: an obscure… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
“It is possible that our present-day discussion about needs might be framed more by secular psychological theories than by Scripture. If this… — Edward T. Welch Copy Share Image
All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the terms of it fair. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“It is not really a small thing when in small things we resist self.” — Thomas à Kempis Copy Share Image
Every divorce is the result of selfishness on the part of one or both parties to a marriage contract. — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
The nuclear family doesn't work. It's very destructive; it grew out of selfishness. — Greg Wise Copy Share Image
Time can be a greedy thing-sometimes it steals the details for itself. — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
I would be a billionaire if I was looking to be a selfish boss. That's not me. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to the present. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Guard your soul against the spirit of selfishness, for it destroys the sweetness of life. — Marcia Persaud Copy Share Image
“Better not to plant seeds of selfishness than try to eradicate them once they have grown into giant weeds. (91)” — Prem Prakash Copy Share Image
stinginess seemed instinctive to him. Darwinian even. He hadn't gotten to his current size by sharing. — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
The trouble with selfish motives is that they harden into principles, and you end up sending your kids to war for them. — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights — Maria Weston Chapman Copy Share Image
Before, I only wanted 5 minutes of his time. Now, I wanted every second, every minute, & every hour of his time — Monalyn Copy Share Image
When I'm upset, everyone knows about it, and it's a selfish trait because everyone suffers. — Tamara Ecclestone Copy Share Image
I'm just the mere shadow of my former selfishness. I crave the silhouette of your kiss. — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
“I am selfish by habit, but sacrificial by nature. Therefore, I’d be wise to develop the habit of following my nature.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
