Justice Quote by Luc de Clapiers

Self-love makes us deceive ourselves in almost all matters, to censure others, and to blame them for the same faults that we do not…

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

Self-love . . . is the sole antagonist of virtue, leading us constantly by our propensities to self-gratification in violation of our moral duties to others.

— Thomas Jefferson

“Self-love is no part of morality. Indeed it is exactly its counterpart. It is the sole antagonist of virtue leading us constantly by our…

— Thomas Jefferson

LOVE YOURSELF does not mean to do only what one feels or perceives is right, but the thing which is morally right for everyone

— Ritu Ghatourey

Self-love is the love of a man's own self, and of everything else for his own sake. It makes people idolaters to themselves, and…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Self-love is the foundation of our loving practice. Without it our other efforts to love fail. Giving ourselves love we provide our inner being…

— Bell Hooks

Self-love is even deceived by self-love, because by looking out for our own interests and disregarding those of other people, we lose the advantage…

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

Self-love is not opposed to the love of other people. You cannot really love yourself and do yourself a favor without doing people a…

— Anonymous

The motives of the best actions will not bear too strict an inquiry. It is allowed that the cause of most actions, good or…

— Jonathan Swift

It is not love of self but hatred of self which is at the root of the troubles that afflict our world.

— Eric Hoffer

Self-love then does not constitute THIS or THAT to be our interest or good; but, our interest or good being constituted by nature and…

— Joseph Butler

Self-love is the source of all our other loves.

— Pierre Corneille