That man who lives for self alone, Lives for the meanest mortal known. — Joaquin Miller Copy Share Image
All the good maxims which are in the world fail when applied to one's self. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
It is difficult to persuade mankind that the love of virtue is the love of themselves. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“That liberty [is pure] which is to go to all, and not to the few or the rich alone. (to Horatio Gates, 1798)” — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Who was it who said that following your heart is a good thing? It is pure egotism, a selfishness to conquer all.” — Paula Hawkins Copy Share Image
“We are good to others only because we think that that is, or will be, good for us.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
No selfishness or insecurity kept him from seeing the full extent of her goodness, as it so often does with the rest… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I think schools, as they are now regulated, the hot-beds of vice and folly, and the knowledge of human nature supposedly attained… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
There is an ill-breeding to which, whatever our rank and nature, we are almost equally sensitive, the ill-breeding that comes from want… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
No universal selfishness can bring social good to all. Communism - the effort to give all men what they need and to… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
Let this be thy whole endeavor, this thy prayer, this thy desire,-that thou mayest be stripped of all selfishness, and with entire… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
When old people in power scold children and young people for 'selfishness' if they don't get triple-vaxxed, or if they let their… — Miranda Devine Copy Share Image
Without the protection of surliness and levity, all children would be crushed by the past—the past of others, loaded onto their shoulders.… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
A true leader knows how to leads his people, knows their needs, wants, the one who humbles himself and the one who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“And it is then, when The Cause, with its greedy mouth, tries to take more from you, tries to take that part… — D.J. Molles Copy Share Image
The Resurrection was the greatest ‘eucatastrophe’ possible in the greatest Fairy Story — and produces that essential emotion: Christian joy which produces… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Commerce has set the mark of selfishness, the signet of its all-enslaving power, upon a shining ore, and called it gold: before… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
“The materialistic and selfish quality of contemporary life is not inherent in the human condition. Much of what appears ‘natural’ today dates… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
“We are not only contingent beings, dependent on the love and will of a Creator whom we cannot know experientially except in… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
The average age of the world's great civilizations has been two hundred years. These nations have progressed through the following sequence: from… — Alexander Fraser Tytler Copy Share Image
Is it possible really to love other people? If I’m lonely and in pain, everyone outside me is potential relief—I need them.… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Am I the only one who is tired of people complaining about their love lives, friends, or just their lives over facebook… — Nastiya Copy Share Image
“Selfish is when you have a gift and refuse to share it with the world.” — Danesha Little Copy Share Image
Next to the very young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
“Do the right thing, put up with unfairness, selfishness, stay true to yourself...one day it all works out.” — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
Maybe coming clean is the ultimate selfish act. A way to absolve yourself by hurting someone who doesn't deserve to be hurt. — Cindy Chupack Copy Share Image
You fueled my obession, even encouraged it and your selfishness ruined my life — Novala Takemoto Copy Share Image
I thought they were selfish, but in the end, it turns out it was I who thought they were selfish. -Bender — Futurama Copy Share Image
“Every small, unselfish action nudges the world into a better path. An accumulation of small acts can change the world.” — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
You can call me when you're done being selfish and are ready be straight up. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The highest form of selfishness is that of the man who is content to go to heaven alone. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
“We have the power to defy the selfish genes of our birth and, if necessary, the selfish memes of our indoctrination.” — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
If selfishness is the key to being miserable, then selflessness must be the key to being happy! — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
If you're gonna be selfish then don't expect people to be there for you when you need someone. — Masha Mezz Copy Share Image
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