Selfishness Quote by Tony Judt

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— Tony Judt

“Selfishness is self-absorption, self-seeking behaviour that either disregards the rights and needs of others or tramples them deliberately in favour of personal gain.”

— Adelyn Birch

“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

“Selfishness may result in one's sense of superiority, but life as such will surely deny them.”

— Eraldo Banovac

“We are raised from when we are little to be generous and helpful, but the interception of greed in a select few as they…

— Anthony Karakai

“Being selfish only benefits a few. Considering others benefits all of mankind.”

— Terraine Francois

We are selfish when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good for ourselves. We are altruistic when we are exclusively or predominantly…

— Mortimer Adler

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

When we live in our own privileged little bubble, it is convenient to pretend that all is well with the world, that everyone enjoys…

— Chinelo Okparanta

Privileged groups, like everyone else, want to think well of themselves and to believe that they are acting generously and justly.

— Joanna Russ

“Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are all born selfish.”

— Richard Dawkins

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