To be saved is only this-salvation from our own selfishness. — John Greenleaf Whittier Copy Share Image
There is a prodigious selfishness in dreams: they live perfectly deaf and invulnerable amid the cries of the real world. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
“The spirit will unfold itself in true perfection and splendor, when your heart has banished your selfishness.” — sir kristian goldmund aumann Copy Share Image
Camera but no selfies, which represent selfishness and egotism. Social media? Again: not really me. — Maurice Levy Copy Share Image
“...perhaps great sins start as simple weakness, and the consistent placing of self before others.” — Anne Perry Copy Share Image
“But then, I knew so little about my mother over the last decade of her life. I had been too wrapped up… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Selfish act is very tempting but it leaves a permanent dent on your character.” — Saru Singhal Copy Share Image
I was a greedy, ravenous individual, determined to rise from the bottom to the top . . . It wasn't me! — Jack Unterweger Copy Share Image
Nothing is more condemnable than selfishness. A man who thinks of himself alone is the most unlucky person of all. — Anand Neelakantan Copy Share Image
“Selfishness is self-absorption, self-seeking behaviour that either disregards the rights and needs of others or tramples them deliberately in favour of personal… — Adelyn Birch Copy Share Image
There is no place for selfishness-and no place for fear! Do not be afraid, then, when love makes demands. Do not be… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Selfish hedonism is not a pejorative. It is a description - an exactly accurate description of what is involved in homosexual relations. — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
Selfish people will never over exert themselves for you, where true genuine peeps will always go that extra mile to show they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“What is it about the American obsession with productivity and responsibility that makes it so difficult for us to allow ourselves a… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Roses are red Violets are blue He is for me, Not for you. If by any chance You try to take my… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I Cant Stand People Who Think They Can Always Get Their Way Hello…Excuse Me But The World Does Revolved Around You...Selfish Spoiled… — Out Spoken Copy Share Image
History of Ireland--lawlessness and turbulency, robbery and oppression, hatred and revenge, blind selfishness everywhere--no principle, no heroism. What can be done with… — William Allingham Copy Share Image
Individualism has come in for an enormous amount of criticism over the years. It still does. It is widely assumed to be… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
There is an honesty which is but decided selfishness in disguise. The person who will not refrain from expressing his or her… — Arthur Helps Copy Share Image
It is almost impossible to overestimate the value of true humility and its power in the spiritual life. For the beginning of… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Unless we realize our sins enough to call them by name, it is hardly worth while to say anything about them at… — Maltbie Davenport Babcock Copy Share Image
Compassion has been advocated by all the great faiths because it has been found to be the safest and surest means of… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
And sometimes it's the very otherness of a stranger, someone who doesn't belong to our ethnic or ideological or religious group, an… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
There must be love, and understanding, to betray. Most men haven't the wit or the honor for betrayal: not to know it… — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
While science has nothing of value to say on the great and aching questions of life, death, love and meaning, what the… — David Berlinski Copy Share Image
