Selfishness Quotes

693 Selfishness quotes by 476 unique authors

There are so many ways a family can unravel. All it takes is a tiny slash of selfishness, a rip of greed, a puncture of… — Jodi Picoult
Selfishness keeps man blind through life. — Hazrat Inayat Khan
I will eliminate hatred, envy, jealousy, selfishness, and cynicism, by developing love for all humanity, because I know that a negative attitude toward others can… — Napoleon Hill
I must fight with my weapons. Not his. Not selfishness and brutality and shame and resentment. — John Fowles
At the time of his death, Biko had a wife and three children for which he left a letter that stated in one part: â€œI've… — Steven Biko
I catch myself thinking 'Thank God For This' out of habit, and then I understand what he's so concerned about. What if my parents' God,… — Veronica Roth
Take away someoneâ€™s fear, or low intelligence, or dishonesty . . . and you take away their compassion. Take away someoneâ€™s aggression and you take… — Veronica Roth
In the march towards Truth, anger, selfishness, hatred, etc., naturally give way, for otherwise Truth would be impossible to attain. A man who is swayed… — Mahatma Gandhi
Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires. — Laozi
Happiness must be shared. Selfishness it its enemy; to make another happy is to be happy one's self. It is quiet, most easily won in… — Unknown Author
How sickness enlarges the dimensions of a man's self to himself! Supreme selfishness is inculcated upon him as his only duty. — Charles Lamb
Professional standards, the standards of ambition and selfishness, are always sliding downward toward expense, ostentation, and mediocrity. They tend always to narrow the ground of… — Wendell Berry
Very few people chose war. They chose selfishness and the result was war. Each of us, individually and nationally, must choose: total love or total… — David Dellinger
The greatest surprise of human evolution may be that the highest form of selfishness is selflessness. — Robert E. Ornstein
So, the first thing we should introspect - are we concerned about ourselves ? All the time do we think that we are suffering, we… — Nirmala Srivastava
Wisdom means that it gives you detachment, detachment from all that is selfishness, self-centredness, self-obsession, ego - all connected with self. — Nirmala Srivastava
I am absolutely convinced that no wealth in the world can help humanity forward, even in the hands of the most devoted worker in this… — Albert Einstein
Compassion has been advocated by all the great faiths because it has been found to be the safest and surest means of attaining enlightenment. It… — Karen Armstrong
Not perhaps until later life, until the follies, passions, and selfishness of youth have died out, do we . . . recognize the the inestimable… — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
I myself feel, and also tell other Buddhists that the question of Nirvana will come later. There is not much hurry. If in day to… — Dalai Lama

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