Selfishness Quotes - Page 15

• I have learned, by some experience, that virtue and patriotism, vice and selfishness, are found in all parties, and that they differ less in their motives than in the policies they pursue.

  William H. Seward

  Party, Vices, Virtue

  william h. seward (1852). “speach in the senate”

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• In a world where God does not exist, any reasonable person must see that the propensity toward selfishness should be the most venerated of all human traits. From this it stands to reason that any man, knowing the total expanse of his existence to be finite, who does not devote every moment of his life to acts of pure selfishness, must be seen as nothing more than a fool.

  Derek R. Audette

  Life, Men, Knowing

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• The hatred and cruelty which have their source in selfishness are ineffectual things compared with the venom and ruthlessness born of selflessness.

  Eric Hoffer

  Hatred, Ruthlessness, Selflessness

  Eric Hoffer (1982). “Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• If people are innately saddled with certain sins and flaws, like selfishness, prejudice, sort-sightedness, and self-deception, then political reform would seem to be a waste of time.

  Steven Pinker

  Self, People, Political

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• Selfishness and self-absorption are deadly charm-exterminators.

  Loretta Young

  Self, Charm, Absorption

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• The common trait of all evil is nothing other than egoism... Basically all human evil comes from what we call the selfishness.

  Rudolf Steiner

  Evil, Common, Egoism

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• It's a mistake to expect benefits from any pose. Expectations make you restless because if you fail to get what you expect, you feel miserable. Yoga practice is an act of adoration to the Lord. You do it because it has to be done. If you have this mental attitude, your selfishness disappears and the benefits come.

  Dharma Mittra

  Attitude, Mistake, Yoga

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• The first thing any coaching staff must do is weed out selfishness. No program can be successful with players who put themselves ahead of the team.

  Johnny Majors

  Weed, Team, Successful

  Johnny Majors, Ben Byrd (1986). “You can go home again”

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• Like nature itself, modern economic life is driven by relentless competition and unbridled selfishness. Or is it?

  Paul J. Zak

  Competition, Life Is, Modern

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• Our own selfishness makes us the most arrant cowards; our own selfishness is the great cause of fear and cowardice.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Coward, Causes, Cowardice

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1424, Manonmani Publishers

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• He was no martyr. He was no hero But in the last two years, selfishness gave way to selflessness, lies gave way to truth and indulgence gave way to spirituality, and anyone watching that couldn't help but be moved by it.

  Lex Lasry

  Lying, Hero, Years

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• The selfishness of an age that has devoted itself to the mere cult of pleasure has tainted the whole human race with an error that makes all our acts more or less lies against God.

  Thomas Merton

  Wisdom, Lying, Errors

  Thomas Merton (2005). “No Man is an Island”, p.212, Shambhala Publications

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• Lessen selfishness and restrain desires.

  Laozi

  Taoism, Desire

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• Through the practice of devotion to God, I was coming to learn that preserving loving relations in this world required much forgiveness, tolerance, patience, gratitude, and humility. An essential virtue of humility is to accept others for what they are, despite differences. I contemplated again how the tendency to judge others is often a symptom of insecurity, immaturity, or selfishness, and I yearned to rise above it. Everyone is a child of God. God loves all of His children. If I wish to love God, I must learn to love those whom He loves.

  Radhanath Swami

  Gratitude, Children, Humility

  Radhanath Swami (2016). “The Journey Home”, p.324, Simon and Schuster

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• Selfishness, if but reasonably tempered with wisdom, is not such an evil trait.

  Giovanni Ruffini

  Evil, Traits, Ifs

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• Selfishness draws men into a spiritual vacuum where, absorbed in self service, they shut out all others.

  William R. Bradford

  Spiritual, Men, Self

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• Mysticism has often been misunderstood as the attempt to escape this simple, phenomenal world to a more pure existence in heaven beyond. This is not mysticism, but Gnosticism. Biblical mysticism is the attempt to exit 'this world' to an alternative reality that pervades the old order. Its goal is to jettison the mind-set that says 'greed is good,' selfishness is normal,' and 'killing is necessary.' Mysticism in biblical terms is not escapism, as so many have caricatured it, but a fight for ethics and social change.

  Walter Wink

  Biblical, Fighting, Simple

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• Take the selfishness out of anger and you're left with determination.

  Bernie Glassman

  Determination, Left

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• PERSONAL IMPORTANCE or taking things personally, is an expression of SELFISHNESS because we make the assumption that everything is about ME!! NOTHING PEOPLE DO IS BECAUSE OF YOU!! IT'S BECAUSE OF THEMSELVES!!

  Miguel

  Expression, People, Four Agreements

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• Along with selfishness, anger is one of the most serious problems facing the world today

  Dalai Lama

  World, Today, Serious

  His Holiness the Dalai Lama (2011). “How to Be Compassionate: A Handbook for Creating Inner Peace and a Happier World”, p.3, Simon and Schuster

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• Cleanse your body and soul, removing malice, selfishness and desire.

  Morihei Ueshiba

  Art, Soul, Desire

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• I think schools, as they are now regulated, the hot-beds of vice and folly, and the knowledge of human nature supposedly attained there, merely cunning selfishness.

  Mary Wollstonecraft

  Education, School, Thinking

  Mary Wollstonecraft (2008). “A Vindication of the Rights of Women & a Vindication of the Rights of Men”, p.170, Cosimo, Inc.

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• From the apparent usefulness of the social virtues, it has readily been inferred by sceptics, both ancient and modern, that all moral distinctions arise from education, and were, at first, invented, and afterwards encouraged ... in order to render men tractable, and subdue their natural ferocity and selfishness, which incapacitated them for society.

  David Hume

  Men, Order, Firsts

  David Hume (2006). “An Inquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals”, p.48, Cosimo, Inc.

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• What's the matter with the world? Why, there ain't nothing but one word wrong with everyone of us, and that's selfishness.

  Will Rogers

  Inspirational, World, Matter

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• I think that there’s too much sugar in the world and not enough salt. Kids want to be challenged. Humans want to aspire to something. You don’t win in life and you don’t win in athletics with softness or selfishness.

  Buzz Williams

  Kids, Winning, Thinking

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