50 quotes found
“That man who lives for self alone Lives for the meanest mortal known.”
“Selfishness is the only real atheism aspiration unselfishness the only real religion.”
“Selfish— a judgment readily passed by those who have never tested their own power of sacrifice.”
“In an individual, selfishness uglifies the soul; for the human species, selfishness is extinction.”
“And perhaps you might pretend, afterwards, that it was only a trick and that you just said it to make them stop and didn’t really mean it. But that isn’t true. At the time when it happens you do me...”
“If we ignorantly act to solely serve our agenda, we’re simply slogging around in the egocentric and brackish backwaters of selfishness. Any response that comes out of that kind of cesspool will be ...”
“If it’s the benefit to myself that drives my decisions, I can know that I’m driving down a long road with a short bridge.”
“...and as a result yet today we are unable to distinguish between sympathy and selfishness.”
“I don't want you to leaveWhich is exactly why I should. But don't worry. I'm essentially a selfish creature. I crave your company too much to do what I should.”