It’s a shame that we humans are never able to pull in the same direction . . . [n]ot even when confronted by infinity.

Lust, anger, attachment, greed, over pride be,Jealousy, selfishness, injustice, cruelty, ego truly;- 153 –

When I am not king, then THE Kingdom has its best chance of breaking through.

Let us admit, without bitterness, that the individual has his distinct interests and can, without felony, stipulate for those interests and defend them. The present has its pardonable amount of egotism; momentary life has its...

Every small, unselfish action nudges the world into a better path. An accumulation of small acts can change the world.

It is pleasure that lurks in the practice of every one of your virtues. Man performs actions because they are good for him, and when they are good for other people as well they are...

Maybe you receive pain selfishly — thinking only of yourself. The cycle of pain wounds every participant; both victim and aggressor.

Unconditional love. That’s what he wants to give her and what he wants from her. People should give without wanting anything in return. All other giving is selfish. But he is being selfish a little,...

What is it about the American obsession with productivity and responsibility that makes it so difficult for us to allow ourselves a little time to solve the puzzle of our own lives, before it’s too...

The spirit of arrogance most definitely makes you shine. It paints a bright red target on your own forehead.

Wars come from egotism and selfishness. Every macrocosmic or world war has its origin in microcosmic wars going on inside millions and millions of individuals.

I discovered that I am not disciplined out of virtue but as a reaction to my negligence, that I am generous to conceal my meanness, that I pass myself off as prudent because I am...

Service is the rent we pay for the life we have been given.

For harmonious living; value based relationships should be preferred over situation based relationships.

Most parents are not really ‘supportive’ because they want their kid(s) to succeed; they ‘support’ their kid(s) as an attempt to avoid appearing to have bred a failure, or, failures … in the eyes of...

She also keeps talking about the Billie Holiday record she bought for me. And she says she wants to expose me to all these great things. And to tell you the truth, I don’t really...

Here I am going to say something which may come as a bit of a shock. God doesn’t necessarily want us to be happy. He wants us to be lovable. Worthy of love. Able to...

Love is the most selfish of all the passions.

In selfish men caution is as secure an armour for their foes as for themselves.

Each one of us is hard at war – within. We must face this battlefield; withdraw, as the psychologist would say, our habitual projections of that strife from the world around us, and realize that...

When God interrupts your life, He is calling you to follow Him in a new way. By breaking into your settled pattern, He is moving you to a new place where you can make fresh...

The only gift I have to give, is the ability to receive. If giving is a gift, and it surely is, then my gift to you is to allow you to give to me.

Human beings are never to be treated as a means but always as ends.

The moral test of government is how it treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the...

Are you willing to nourish your heart with love; then your selfishness will starve to death.

Một người đau ch n có lúc nào quên được cái ch n đau của mình để nghĩ đến một cái gì khác đ u? Khi người ta khổ quá thì người ta chẳng còn...

As mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope...

…the human animal is a selfish beast…

That liberty [is pure] which is to go to all, and not to the few or the rich alone. (to Horatio Gates, 1798)

These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people”– –

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

I cannot calculate nor attempt to manage sacrifice, for to do so is to attempt to sacrifice comfortably. And it is in the attempt to sacrifice comfortably that I begin to realize that the desire...

It’s fallacious reasoning for the atheist to hate all religion due to men who manipulate religion to fit their own agendas. They are counterparts, therefore, if Truth is true, partners in crime. To believers, the...

I am a beast until I love as God doth love.

Galinda didn’t see the verdant world through the glass of the carriage; she saw her own reflection instead. She had the nearsightedness of youth. She reasoned that because she was beautiful she was significant, though...

When the same qualities which we admire in ourselves are seen in others, even though they be superior, maliciously lower and carp at them.

I am a selfish, conceited, impudent little animal, it is true, but, after all, I am only one grand conglomeration of Wanting…

The trouble with Clare was, not only that she wanted to have her cake and eat it too, but that she wanted to nibble at the cakes of other folk as well.

The good turn will educate the boy out of the groove of selfishness.

Selfish people tend to only be good to themselves… then are surprised when they are alone.

Now, he’d loved money for money’s sake. He loved the feel of it, not only in his hands, but also in his heart.

One gains a profoundly personal, selfish joy from the mere existence of the person one loves. It is one’s own personal, selfish happiness that one seeks, earns and derives from love.

Some people want what they are not willing to give.

We all of us need to be toppled off the throne of self, my dear,” he said. “Perched up there the tears of others are never upon our own cheek.

We are to give (and take) true love without falling into the narcissistic habit of only trying to take it in.

Your corn is ripe today; mine will be so tomorrow. ‘Tis profitable for us both, that I should labour with you today, and that you should aid me tomorrow. I have no kindness for you,...

Lovemaking takes time!It is a myth for lovemaking to be quick and smooth. To find pleasure in each other, both men and women need to take time to explore each other with their hands; their...

I content myself with the fact that the general system of our trade is a system of selfishness, is not dictated by the high sentiments of human nature much less by the sentiments of love...

Those who make hostility a daily manner are often left in the lurch at difficult times.

To love can mean ‘to love oneself,’ and often love is no more than a juxtaposition of two solitudes.