Selfish Quotes

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That's why charity work is very selfish at the same time, because it makes you feel good. — Maria Menounos
Ordinary love is selfish, darkly rooted in desires and satisfactions. Divine love is without condition, without boundary, without change. The flux of the human heart… — Sri Yukteswar Giri
Sin always finds it's root in our own selfish desires and self-gratification. — Joseph Campbell
I was given such a great gift. It's a miracle that never stops amazing me and reminding me to give thanks, every day. Having a… — Jake Owen
If I love myself I will express that love in my interactions with you, and then I am being impeccable with the word, because that… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
In much of today's popular culture, the virtues of forgiveness and kindness are belittled, while ridicule, anger, and harsh criticism are encouraged. Let us not… — David E. Sorensen
Unless you love yourself, you can't love anybody. Be selfish. — Rajneesh
The goal of our life should not be to find joy in marriage, but to bring more love and truth into the world. We marry… — Leo Tolstoy
In the middle of a conversation, she'll frequently say something like, "Young people are heartless, they don't have any respect anymore." I nod agreement in… — Susanna Tamaro
I am selfish. I reach for the world I want to live in. And I believe in leaving our best we can do to our… — Holly Near
All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives lies a mystery. — George Orwell
Writing is a cop-out. An excuse to live perpetually in fantasy land, where you can create, direct and watch the products of your own head.… — Monica Dickens
It astounds us to come upon other egoists, as though we alone had the right to be selfish, and to be filled with eagerness to… — Jules Renard
It would be a great misunderstanding of this doctrine to suppose that it is one of selfish indifference about the well-being of others'. — John Stuart Mill
Nevertheless, the Tenth Commandment-'Thou shalt not covet'-recognizes that making money and owning things could become selfish activities. But it is not the creation of wealth… — Margaret Thatcher
From afar, it seems like a war without a solution and like a long sacrifice for the entire country. So when a president appears who… — Jose Mujica
If the people are to be the final tribunal then they must vote for what is right rather than according to their own selfish interests,… — Henry Latham Doherty
Switzerland is a curst, selfish, swinish country of brutes, placed in the most romantic region of the world. — Lord Byron
Word it as softly as you please, the spirit of patriotism is the spirit of the dog and wolf. The moment there is a misunderstanding… — Mark Twain
Eternal Trinity... mystery deep as the sea, You could give me no greater gift than the gift of Yourself. For You are a fire ever… — St. Catherine of Siena

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