Selfishness Quotes

693 quotes by 476 authors

Adam Smith was not the proponent of any one class. He was a slave to his system. His whole economic philosophy stemmed from his unquestioning… — Robert Heilbroner
Legal plunder has two roots: One, as we have just seen, is in human selfishness; the other is in false philanthropy. — Frederic Bastiat
But as to women, who can penetrate the real sufferings of their she condition? Man's very sympathy with their estate has much of selfishness and… — Lord Byron
Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible. — Elizabeth Bowen
My children cause me the most exquisite suffering of which I have any experience. It is the suffering of ambivalence: the murderous alternation between bitter… — Adrienne Rich
We seldom stop to think how many people's lives are entwined with our own. It is a form of selfishness to imagine that every individual… — Ivy Baker Priest
There is simply no dignified way for a woman to live alone. Oh, she can get along financially perhaps (though not nearly as well as… — Erica Jong
My colleague Senator John Ensign of Nevada told me a story that epitomizes the selfishness of our culture: When I was a teenager, I had… — Rick Santorum
A trustworthy marriage has weathered temptation and anger and jealousy, resentment, self-righteousness and a little bit of selfishness. When you get over and get through… — Ruby Dee
My desire for the part of Mammy was not dominated by selfishness for Hollywood has been good to me and I am grateful — Hattie McDaniel
While science has nothing of value to say on the great and aching questions of life, death, love and meaning, what the religious traditions of… — David Berlinski
Our enemies believed America was weak and materialistic, that we would splinter in fear and selfishness. They were as wrong as they are evil. — George W. Bush
The secret of success is to realize that the crisis on our planet is much larger than just deciding what to do with your own… — Marianne Williamson
The mere absorption of facts and truths is so exclusively an individual affair that it tends very naturally to pass into selfishness. There is no… — John Dewey
I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Service without humility is selfishness and egotism. — Mahatma Gandhi
Though selfishness hath defiled the whole man, yet sensual pleasure is the chief part of its interest, and, therefore, by the senses it commonly works;… — Richard Baxter
Aside from higher considerations, charity often operates as a vastly wise and prudent principle-a great safeguard to its possessor. Men have committed murder for jealousy's… — Herman Melville
Empty me of the selfishness inside, every vain ambition and the poison of my pride, and any foolish thing my heart holds to, Lord empty… — Unknown Author
There is no place for selfishness-and no place for fear! Do not be afraid, then, when love makes demands. Do not be afraid when love… — Pope John Paul II

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