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• Savage and furious nations, perpetually at war, adore, under diverse names, some God, conformable to their ideas, that is to say, cruel, carnivorous, selfish, blood-thirsty.

  Baron d'Holbach

  War, Blood, Names

  "Good Sense without God, or, Freethoughts Opposed to Supernatural Ideas". Book by Baron d'Holbach, 1900.

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• [We] administered testosterone to men; instead of sharing money, they become selfish. Interestingly, high testosterone males are also more likely to use their own money to punish others for being selfish.

  Paul J. Zak

  Motivation, Inspiration, Men

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• Even without love, I can live fine alone. It's not like I've always had what I wanted. In my life not even once... I was never selfish nor full of greed. The things I want to do, the things I want, the things I wish for... have I ever even had any of those, for at least once in my whole life? I can live fine without love. I will find a way to survive. Dying is hell. Why is living supposed to be hell?

  Ma-Roo

  Innocent Man, Greed, Wish

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• A selfish person can still love someone else, can't they? Even when they've hurt them and let them down.

  Rosamund Lupton

  Hurt, Love Someone, Persons

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• The young are often accused of exaggerating their troubles; they do so, very often, in the hope of making some impression upon the inertia and the immovability of the selfish old.

  Robertson Davies

  Trouble, Young, Impression

  Robertson Davies (1952). “Tempest-tost”, Clarke Irwin

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• I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me, if I do that well enough, then I'll be able to look after someone else -- the children or the husband or the elderly. But I have to look after myself first. I know that some people think that's being selfish, I think that's being self-full.

  Maya Angelou

  Children, Husband, Thinking

  "Maya Angelou Opens Women’s Health And Wellness Center, Calls Disparities ‘Embarrassing’" by Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 15, 2012.

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• Unless the people, through unified action, arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them. Independence and liberty will be gone, and the general public will find itself in a condition of servitude to an aggregation of organized and selfish interest.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Taken, Government, People

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• Money doesn't change men, it merely unmasks them. If a man is naturally selfish or arrogant or greedy, the money brings that out, that's all.

  Henry Ford

  Motivational, Change, Money

  "It Would Be Fun To Start Over Again". The American Magazine, Volume 91, April 1921.

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• It's not selfish to give TO yourself as much as you give OF yourself

  Suze Orman

  Giving, Not Selfish

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• I don't think there's a specific route to take to make a relationship last a long time. And who knows what the future will bring. Please God we are happy forever, but you just don't know what's round the corner. For me the key issue is not to be selfish, on both sides. I think the moment someone becomes selfish they let the other person down.

  Louise Redknapp

  Thinking, Keys, Issues

  "Why Louise Redknapp is taking her time losing baby bulge". www.mirror.co.uk. August 10, 2005.

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• Someday our grandchildren will very likely look back at the individual, selfish control of the wealth of the world by a small elite the same way we view slavery today.

  Corinne McLaughlin

  Grandchildren, Views, Slavery Today

  Corinne McLaughlin (2009). “Spiritual Politics: Changing the World from the Inside Out”, p.574, Ballantine Books

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• Foolish, selfish people are always thinking of themselves and the result is always negative. Wise persons think of others, helping them as much as they can, and the result is happiness. Love and compassion are beneficial both for you and others. Through your kindness to others, your mind and heart will open to peace.

  Dalai Lama

  Wise, Kindness, Heart

  His Holiness the Dalai Lama (2006). “How to Expand Love: Widening the Circle of Loving Relationships”, p.4, Simon and Schuster

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• Cast down, O Lord, all the forces of cruelty and wrong. Defeat all selfish and worldly-minded schemes, and prosper all that is conceived among us in the spirit of Christ and carried out to the honour of His blessed name. Amen.

  John Baillie

  Blessed, Names, Spirit

  John Baillie (1952). “A diary of private prayer”, Scribner

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• Why should neurotic, selfish, immature people suddenly become angels when they fall in love ... ?

  Denis de Rougemont

  Falling In Love, Angel, People

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• Remember the people you address are selfish, as we all are. They care nothing about your interests or profit. They seek service for themselves

  Claude C. Hopkins

  People, Care, Addresses

  Dr. Robert C. Worstell, Claude C. Hopkins, John E. Kennedy, Albert D. Lasker “Scientific Advertising Origins”, Lulu.com

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• Be careful of selfish motives. You can mistake them for principles and end up dying for them.

  Robert Breault

  Integrity, Mistake, Dying

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• I am in love with girls that are bad and naughty and badass, and a little selfish, but I like to watch from a respectful distance!

  Dreama Walker

  Girl, Badass, Distance

  "Dreama Walker's Ultimate Middle School Revenge" by Justine Harman, www.elle.com. April 10, 2012.

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• There's no doubt about it: fun people are fun. But I finally learned that there is something more important, in the people you know, than whether they are fun. Thinking about those friends who had given me so much pleasure but who had also caused me so much pain, thinking about that bright, cruel world to which they'd introduced me, I saw that there's a better way to value people. Not as fun or not fun, or stylish or not stylish, but as warm or cold, generous or selfish. People who think about others and people who don't. People who know how to listen, and people who only know how to talk.

  William Deresiewicz

  Fun, Pain, Thinking

  William Deresiewicz (2011). “A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter”, p.100, Penguin

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• It is important that when pursing our own self-interest we should be 'wise selfish' and not 'foolish selfish'. Being foolish selfish means pursuing our own interests in a narrow, shortsighted way. Being wise selfish means taking a broader view and recognizing that our own long-term individual interest lies in the welfare of everyone. Being wise selfish means being compassionate.

  Dalai Lama

  Wise, Lying, Mean

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• Humility is the essence of repentance. Humility is selfless, not selfish. It doesn't demand its own way or speak with moral superiority. Instead, humility answers softly and listens kindly for understanding, not vindication. Humility recognizes that no one can change someone else, but with faith, effort, and the help of God, we can undergo our own mighty change of heart.

  L. Whitney Clayton

  Humility, Heart, Essence

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• Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and others. Don't be afraid to be thought arrogant or selfish.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Compassion, Mammals, Arrogant

  Christopher Hitchens (2005). “Letters to a Young Contrarian”, p.140, Basic Books

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• Our population and our use of the finite resources of planet Earth are growing exponentially, along with our technical ability to change the environment for good or ill. But our genetic code still carries the selfish and aggressive instincts that were of survival advantage in the past. It will be difficult enough to avoid disaster in the next hundred years, let alone the next thousand or million. Our only chance of long term survival, is not to remain inward looking on planet Earth, but to spread out into space.

  Stephen Hawking

  Past, Years, Space

  "Abandon Earth - Or Face Extinction". bigthink.com.

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• I don't want to just be an athlete. I kind of obsess on that sometimes. I don't want my son to be reading, oh, 'disappointment, just a scorer, selfish, didn't win enough, never quite the best' -- whatever. I want to be bigger than that. I want to shape my own destiny instead of just having him read about whatever on the back page.

  Carmelo Anthony

  Disappointment, Reading, Athlete

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• Once the process [of conversion] is begun and continues...you are continually turning inward toward God and away from your own egocentricity...you have to see this selfish side of yourself in order to turn away from it. I measure God by everything I am not. I begin with that.

  Flannery O'Connor

  Faith, Order, Inward

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• It's funny. I'm attracted to things that don't have any impact on life. People say I've done a great thing for women. I don't think I have. People say I've given people courage. That makes me feel good, but I don't see how I do that. I think my running is a selfish thing. But it provides the challenge that allows me to feel good about myself. How can I expect to do well in other activities if I don't feel good about myself?

  Joan Benoit

  Running, Thinking, Impact

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