Quotes About Selfishness

Toby Hawthorne was a little punk." That was Sheffield again. "No regard for the law, for his own limitations, for anyone but himself.

In love as as in speculation there is much filth; in love also, people think only of their own gratification; yet without love there would be no life, and the world would come to an end.

spoilt his eye (35)

Sólo la gente superficial e irreflexiva condena el egoísmo, cuando habría que erigirle altares como a numen tutelar: La pasión y el altruismo son los que casi siempre nos ponen en el caso de molestar, dañar y herir al prójimo: el egoísmo nunca. Consejero

We must be for ourselves in the long run; the mild and generous are only more justly selfish than the domineering.

I believe I may assert that they were really in possession of deep and growing happiness. It ended. Well, we must be for ourselves in the long run; the mild and generous are only more justly selfish than the domineering- and it ended when circumstances caused each to feel that the one's interest was not in the chief consideration in the other's thoughts.

You are a dog in the manger, Cathy, and desire no one to be loved but yourself!

Is it not sufficient for your infernal selfishness, that while you are at peace I shall writhe in the torments of hell?

Os serenos e generosos são apenas egoístas um pouco mais justos do que os tiranos – e a felicidade acabou quando as circunstâncias levaram ambos a perceber que os interesses de um não eram considerações importantes nos pensamentos do outro.

Los soberbios no hacen más que dañarse a sí mismos.

It is strange people should be so greedy when they are alone in the world!

Precisamente los buenos son más egoístas que los dominantes.

l'égoïsme des natures tendres et généreuses est seulement plus justifié que celui des natures altières. Leur bonheur cessa donc quand les circonstances leur firent sentir à chacun que l'intérêt de l'un n'était pas l'objet principal des pensées de l'autre.

the mild and generous are only more justly selfish than the domineering;

It is so strange people should be so greedy, when they are alone in the world!

Well, we must be for ourselves in the long run; the mild and generous are only more justly selfish than the domineering — and it ended when circumstances caused each to feel that the one's interest was not the chief consideration in the other's thoughts.

Well, we must be for ourselves in the long run; the mild and generous are only more justly selfish than the domineering—

He had room in his heart only for two idols--his wife and himself--he doted on both, and adored one

It ended. Well, we must be for ourselves in the long run; the mild and generous are only more justly selfish than the domineering - and it ended when circumstances caused each to feel that one's interest was not the chief consideration in the other's thoughts.

Le patriotisme […] est une superstition créée artificiellement et entretenue par tout un réseau de mensonges et de faussetés ; une superstition qui enlève à l'homme tout respect pour lui-même et toute dignité, et accroît son arrogance et son mépris. En effet, mépris, arrogance et égoïsme sont les trois éléments fondamentaux du patriotisme.

Du hast ja keine Ahnung, was du getan hast. Die beiden Welten auf diese Weise zusammenzubringen, könnte uns alle ins Unglück stürzen. Uns alle interessiert mich nicht, mir geht es nur um mich. Und glauben Sie mir, Captain, mir wird nicht das Geringste passieren.

There is even in the most selfish passion a large element of self-abnegation. It is startling to realize that we call extreme self-seeking is actually self-renunciation. The miser, health addict, glory chaser and their like are not far behind in the exercise of self-sacrifice. Every extreme attitude is a flight from the self.

a) the poor, (b) misfits, (c) outcasts, (d) minorities, (e) adolescent youth, (f) the ambitious (whether facing insurmountable obstacles or unlimited opportunities), (g) those in the grip of some vice or obsession, (h) the impotent (in body or mind), (i) the inordinately selfish, (j) the bored, (k) the sinners.

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