Conflict Quote by George Soros

Self-interest is the most ingenious and persuasive of all the agents that deceive our consciences, while by means of it our unhappy and stubborn…

— William C. Bryant

self-interest usually brings injustice with it.

— Catherine the Great

“No sort of activity is likely to be lasting if it is not founded on self-interest, that's a universal principle, a philosophical principle”

— Leo Tolstoy

Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.

— Henri Frederic Amiel

We cannot doubt that self-interest is the mainspring of human nature. It must be clearly understood that this word is used here to designate…

— Frederic Bastiat

Ordinarily, everything we do is in our self-interest. Everything.

— Anthony de Mello

“THE HUMAN COMMUNITY has reached a critical point in its history. The world today forces us to accept that humanity is one. In the…

— Dalai Lama XIV

The instinct of interest is the universal instinct of mankind.

— Charles Macklin

You are One with everything. When you are clear about this, your definition of self-interest will change.

— Neale Donald Walsch

There is no self-interest completely unrelated to others' interests. Due to the fundamental interconnectedness which lies at the heart of reality, your interest is…

— Dalai Lama

People acting in their own self-interest is the fuel for all the discovery, innovation, and prosperity that powers the world.

— John Stossel

I actually think that self-interest is overrated as an all-purpose guide to political motive. It leaves out something at least as powerful and immovable…

— George Packer