Force Quote by George Stillman Hillard

Selfishness is much more than an ordinary problem because it activates all the cardinal sins! It is the detonator in the breaking of the…

— Neal A. Maxwell

This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural.

— Jessica Lange

Selfishness is the root and source of all natural and moral evils.

— Nathanael Emmons

“What we traditionally call ‘selfish tendencies’ is only a narrow interpretation of what self-serving behaviour entails, wherein human characteristics are perceived through the flawed…

— Athene's Theory of Everything

“A permanent possibility of selfishness arises from the mere fact of having a self, and not from any accidents of education or ill-treatment. And…

— G.K. Chesterton

Selfishness is the bedrock on which all moral behavior starts and it can be immoral only when it conflicts with a higher moral imperative.

— Robert A. Heinlein

Selfishness can be a virtue. Selfishness is essential to survival, and without survival we cannot protect those whom we love more than ourselves.

— Duke Ellington

Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.

— William E. Gladstone

Selfishness is the grand moving principle of nine-tenths of our actions.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Human beings are endowed by nature with both selfish and unselfish impulses.

— Reinhold Niebuhr

Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.

— Anton Chekhov

Selfishness is weakness. But loving and caring for others is a position of power beyond anything we can possibly imagine.

— Joel Osteen