Selfishness Quotes

693 Selfishness quotes by 476 unique authors

We are close to God when we are close to people. If we think of God as something in favor of the betterment of human… — Daniel Ortega
The planet should not be used as a warehouse of resources to serve humanity's selfishness — Rowan Williams
True happiness comes from having a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved by cultivating altruism, love and compassion, and… — Dalai Lama
The sun of truth rises in the human being and illuminates his world when he lifts his mind from the darkness of ignorance and selfishness… — Samael Aun Weor
WHAT IF we all treat other people as we wish to be treated? MORE happiness. LESS selfishness, crime, fraud, hatred, terrorism, wars... — Phil Harding
In Scouting you are combating the brooding of selfishness. — Baden Powell de Aquino
The Good Turn will educate the boy out of the groove of selfishness. — Baden Powell de Aquino
We have a great deal more kindness than is ever spoken. (Despite) all the selfishness that chills like east winds the world, the whole human… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Love created this world, & the lack of it can kill it. Selfishness, self-absorption , arrogance & indifference never built anything. — John Hope Bryant
The simple recognition that everyone else wants to be happy and not to suffer, just as I do, serves as a constant reminder against selfishness… — Dalai Lama
It is something like the way dame Nature gathers round a foreign body an envelope of some insensitive tissue which can protect from evil that… — Bram Stoker
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the creative light of altruism or the darkness of destructive selfishness. This is the judgment. Life's… — Martin Luther
When Christ's love fills our hearts, it puts selfishness on the run. — Billy Graham
What it felt to me was like the dissolution of my idea of myself. I felt like separateness evaporated. I felt this tremendous sense of… — Russell Brand
To humanity, which sometimes seems to be lost and dominated by the power of evil, selfishness and fear, the risen Lord gives the gift of… — Pope John Paul II
There is a big, beautiful world that could be destroyed by selfishness and foolishness. We musicians have it within our power to help save it.… — Pete Seeger
To practice properly the Art of Peace, you must: Calm the spirit and return to the source. Cleanse the body and spirit by removing all… — Morihei Ueshiba
The meaning ascribed in popular usage to the word 'selfishness' is not merely wrong: it represents a devastating intellectual 'package-deal,' which is responsible, more than… — Ayn Rand
Love has no meaning if it isn't shared. We have been created for greater things - to love and to be loved... To love a… — Mother Teresa
The difference between God and the devil is in nothing except in unselfishness and selfishness. The devil knows as much as God, is as powerful… — Swami Vivekananda

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