Quotes About Selfishness

Man, who thinks he knows everything. But what does man know...Man cares only for himself, in his fear and hate.

Much everyday anger results when we confuse our own personal wants with general moral codes.

No matter what bosses say, it's all about them. You are just an instrument to them. They'll treat you well as long as you're useful.

We make allowance for a certain degree of selfishness in men; because we know it to be inseparable from human nature, and inherent in our frame and constitution. By this reflexion we correct those sentiments of blame, which so naturally arise upon any opposition.

Tis not unreasonable for me to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.

It is only from the selfishness and confined generosity of men, along with the scanty provision nature has made for his wants, that justice derives its origin.

Nada es tan cierto como que los hombres se guían en gran medida por el interés y que aun cuando se preocupan por algo que trasciende de ellos mismos no llegan muy lejos;

is deeply sad when we use the greatest being of all as an instrument for our own smallness.

There is no room for God in a mind that's full of self.

From the point of view of a tapeworm, man was created by God to serve the appetite of the tapeworm.

There is no such thing as low-cost Christianity. Following Jesus means swimming against the tide, renouncing evil and selfishness

God showers upon us his gifts-more than enough for all; But like swine scrambling for food, we tread them in the mire, and rend each other.

We can neither change nor overpower God's eternal suffrage against selfishness and meanness.

Sin has a way of shrinking God down and puffing ourselves up.

This god, this one word: I.

Beware of bartering the Word of God for a more suitable conception of your own.

A personal selfish prayer is bad whether made before an image or an unseen God.

The smallest minds and the selfishest souls and the cowardliest hearts that God makes.

Uncle Scrooge preferred to let the poor die "and decrease the surplus population." Scrooge may not have had God on his side, but his arithmetic was impeccable.

It's amazing to me how many people who profess to be spiritual seekers are self-seekers, and how few of them ever consider God.

People who let the weak or greedy drink their blood sometimes have a need to play God.

God's eyes readily see beyond our actions, for our actions are simply fear and selfishness pretending to be us.

I think greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself.

The common good and the individual good rarely coincide.