Quotes by Selfishness Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man's nature - opposition to it is his love of justice. These principles are an eternal antagonism; and when brought into collision so fiercely, as slavery extension brings them, shocks and throes and convulsions must ceaselessly follow. Abraham Lincoln selfishness justice men I can only say that I have acted upon my best convictions, without selfishness or malice, and that by the help of God I shall continue to do so. Abraham Lincoln selfishness god helping To feel much for others and little for ourselves, that to restrain our selfish, and to indulge our benevolent affections, constitutes the perfection of human nature. Adam Smith selfishness perfection exercise The State must act as the guardian of a millennial future in the face of which the wishes and the selfishness of the individual must appear as nothing and submit. Adolf Hitler millennials selfishness wish If pity was always equally alive and acting in all individuals and in all circumstances, we could do away with moral. Unfortunately, it is not compassion, but rather it's contrary, selfishness, that act most strongly in us. African Spir selfishness acting compassion Need drives men to envy as fullness drives them to selfishness. Agnes Repplier selfishness envy men The gospel of licentiousness, of selfishness, of blaming all the difficulties of life on external factors - these are the things that are killing people today in ways that the slave whips and the overseers couldn't. Alan Keyes selfishness political people I lived with the only continuity, day to day, of the me-me-me. Albert Camus day-to-day continuity selfishness Money only appeals to selfishness and always tempts its owners irresistibly to abuse it. Can anyone imagine Moses, Jesus, or Gandhi armed with the money-bags of Carnegie? Albert Einstein selfishness abuse jesus Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him preoccupied with fresh plans to increase his comfort. Do not talk to him about the interests and rights of the human race; that little private business of his for the moment absorbs all his thoughts, and he hopes that public disturbances can be put off to some other time. Alexis de Tocqueville selfishness race rights By obliging men to turn their attention to other affairs than their own, it rubs off that private selfishness which is the rust of society. Alexis de Tocqueville selfishness law men How sick one gets of being "good," how much I should respect myself if I could burst out and make everyone wretched for twenty-four hours; embody selfishness. Alice James selfishness sick twenties Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others. Ambrose Bierce consideration selfishness selfish Nothing is more condemnable than selfishness. A man who thinks of himself alone is the most unlucky person of all. Anand Neelakantan selfishness men thinking We might not object to the statement that Lear deserved to suffer for his folly, selfishness and tyranny; but to assert that he deserved to suffer what he did suffer is to do violence not merely to language but to any healthy moral sense. Andrew Coyle Bradley selfishness healthy suffering Aggression is the first step on the slippery slope to selfishness and chaos. Anne Campbell slippery-slope selfishness firsts Maybe a new religion will rise now. Maybe without it, man will crumble in cynicism and selfishness because he really needs his gods. Anne Rice selfishness men needs Love is the selfishness of two persons. Antoine de la Sale selfishness love two Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self. Anton Chekhov annihilation selfishness self Satanism represents a form of controlled selfishness. Anton Szandor LaVey satanism selfishness form 1234567891011»