Selfish Quotes

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The basis for the ethics of the Sermon on the Mount is not what works but rather the way God is. Cheek-turning is not advocated… — Stanley Hauerwas
Savage and furious nations, perpetually at war, adore, under diverse names, some God, conformable to their ideas, that is to say, cruel, carnivorous, selfish, blood-thirsty. — Baron d'Holbach
Moral evil is the immorality and pain and suffering and tragedy that come because we choose to be selfish, arrogant, uncaring, hateful and abusive. — Lee Strobel
Now, we don't really believe these things - intellectually we know better - but we believe them viscerally, and live by them, and they cause… — George Saunders
I have decided to keep a record of my inmost real-self thoughts. Perhaps it will help me to find out what I really am like:… — Rosamond Lehmann
We have the ability to effect a great positive change in the world, starting with the training of our own minds and the overcoming of… — Noah Levine
Deliberately seeking solitude-quality time spent away from family and friends-may seem selfish. It is not. Solitude is as necessary for our creative spirits to develop… — Sarah Ban Breathnach
The greatest meliorator of the world is selfish, huckstering Trade. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I didn't have any concept of Trainspotting being published. It was a selfish act. I did it for myself. — Irvine Welsh
You have to be selfish to be an actor. — Charles Dance
It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person; I'm not even really aware of writing for myself. — Tanith Lee
The world is a king, and like a king, desires flattery in return for favor; but true art is selfish and perverse â€” it will… — Ludwig van Beethoven
What is 'grace'? It is God's own life, shared by us. God's life is love. Deus caritas est. By grace we are able to share… — Thomas Merton
Forgiveness, quite frankly, is the most selfish thing you can do. Because it is the greatest thing you can do for yourself. — Caroline Myss
Writing is a demanding profession and a selfish one. And because it is selfish and demanding, because it is compulsive and exacting, I didn't embrace… — Rod Serling
When you assemble a number of men to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their… — Benjamin Franklin
To one degree or another we all struggle with selfishness. Since it is so common, why worry about selfishness anyway? Because selfishness is really self-destruction… — Neal A. Maxwell
On a selfish basis, I really enjoy sports and activity. — Alan Thicke
I think it all comes back to being very selfish as an artist. I mean, I really do just write and record what interests me… — David Bowie
The abortionist I worked for, he's a very greedy man, a selfish man. — Norma McCorvey

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