Convenient Quote by Henri Frederic Amiel

When the healthy pursuit of self-interest and self-realizatio n turns into self-absorption , other people can lose their intrinsic value in our eyes and…

— Anonymous

Self-interest is an ineffable feeling which shall follow us into God's very presence since they say there is a hierarchy even among the Holy…

— Honore de Balzac

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

— Henri Frederic Amiel

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

— Franz Kafka

self-interest usually brings injustice with it.

— Catherine the Great

Some people spend their lives interested only in themselves.

— Hayao Miyazaki

I'm not unhappy with the idea of appealing to people's self-interest if that's what makes them understand something about the non-human world.

— Timothy Morton

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

— John Stossel

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

All of us take an interest, to a greater or lesser extent, in what people around us look like, what they are doing, and…

— David Cobley

The idea of the self interests me a great deal. What is the self? And finding yourself, and which self? In a way, we're…

— Malcolm Morley

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

— Neale Donald Walsch