Ends Quote by Ralph Waldo Trine

The dictionary describes a selfish person as one who is 'concerned excessively or exclusively with oneself: seeking pleasure or well-being without regard for others.'…

— H. Burke Peterson

It is important that when pursing our own self-interest we should be 'wise selfish' and not 'foolish selfish'. Being foolish selfish means pursuing our…

— Anonymous

Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.

— Ambrose Bierce

Selfish— a judgment readily passed by those who have never tested their own power of sacrifice.

— George Eliot

To be selfish is to sacrifice the nobler for the meaner ends, and to be sordidly content.

— Hugh Reginald Haweis

Not selfishness, but precisely the absence of a self. Look at them. The man who cheats and lies, but preserves a respectable front. He…

— Ayn Rand

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…

— Ayn Rand

Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others.

— Ouida

A wise person is one who does not retaliate despite having the power to do so

— Anonymous

Selfishness even binds many people, but blindly without having any liking for one another.

— Anuj

A wise person is one who understands and respects others point of view as well.

— Anonymous

If you want to be wisely selfish, care for others

— Dalai Lama