Character Quote by Anonymous

Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without in himself

— Henry Ward Beecher

“his very benevolence is selfish;”

— Walter Scott

A vice utterly at variance with the happiness of him who harbors it, and, as such, condemned by self-love.

— James Mackintosh

“Vices have to masquerade as virtues — lust as love, thinly veiled sadism as military discipline, envy as righteous indignation, domestic tyranny as parental concern.”

— Cornelius Plantinga Jr

“People can be cruel, deadly, heartless, selfish, disrespectful. They can be vice-ridden and lack any basic empathy toward their fellow man.”

— Carrie Lofty

Thorough selfishness destroys or paralyzes enjoyment. A heart made selfish by the contest for wealth is like a citadel stormed in war, utterly shattered.

— Henry Ward Beecher

“One may even have ‘greed’ for self-respect. Greed gives rise to circumstances. When circumstance arises, worldly life arises.”

— Dada Bhagwan

There is no vice, of which a man can be guilty, no meanness, no shabbiness, no unkindness, which excited so much indignation among his…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“Fundamental disposition towards others, assuming the character either of Envy or of Sympathy, is the point at which the moral virtues and vices of…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“If this be an ordered selfishness, then we should pause before we condemn anyone for the vice of egoism, for there may be deeper…

— Bram Stoker

The selfish man suffers more from his selfishness than he from whom that selfishness withholds some important benefit.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Selfishness is self-absorption, self-seeking behaviour that either disregards the rights and needs of others or tramples them deliberately in favour of personal gain.”

— Adelyn Birch