Quotes by Selfishness No man at bottom means injustice; it is always for some obscure distorted image of a right that he contends: an obscure image diffracted, exaggerated, in the wonderfulest way by natural dimness and selfishness; getting tenfold more diffracted by exasperation of contest, till at length it become all but irrecognis-able. Thomas Carlyle selfishness men mean One of the bitter ironies of the 20th century was that communism, which began as an egalitarian doctrine accusing capitalism of selfishness and calloused sacrifices of others, became in power a system whose selfishness and callousness toward others made the sins of capitalism pale. Thomas Sowell doctrine selfishness sacrifice In short, selfishness is the opposite of love. Tim LaHaye selfishness opposites My view is my entire life has been shaped by giving when I didn't have it. Some idiot who's wealthy and doesn't give, they'll rot in their own selfishness. I'm not worried about them. What I'm really interested in is the day-to-day person, human beings who want to go to another level of their life. Tony Robbins selfishness views giving Economics is sometimes associated with the study and defense of selfishness and material inequality, but it has an egalitarian and civil libertarian core that should be celebrated. Tyler Cowen selfishness libertarian defense there were people who occupied telephone booths as though they had rented them for the day. Ursula Curtiss telephones selfishness people In Scouting you are combating the brooding of selfishness. Unknown brooding selfishness wisdom No selfishness or insecurity kept him from seeing the full extent of her goodness, as it so often does with the rest of us. That kind of love may only be possible in Abnegation. I do not know. Veronica Roth selfishness insecurity doe I knew by the way he looked at her that he held her in a higher regard than he held even himself. No selfishness or insecurity kept him from seeing the full extent of her goodeness, as it so often does with the rest of us. That kind of love may only be possible in Abnegation. I do not know. My father: Erudite-born, Abnegation-grown. He often found it difficult to live up to the demands of his chosen faction, just as I did. But he tried, and he knew true selflessness when he saw it. Veronica Roth selfishness insecurity father Those who blamed aggression formed Amity.’… ‘Those who blamed ignorance became the Erudite.’… ‘Those who blamed duplicity created Candor.’… ‘Those who blamed selfishness made Abnegation.’… ‘And those who blamed cowardice were the Dauntless. Veronica Roth duplicity selfishness ignorance No universal selfishness can bring social good to all. W. E. B. Du Bois social-good selfishness social Sordid selfishness doth contract and narrow our benevolence, and cause us, like serpents, to infold ourselves within ourselves, and to turn out our stings to the entire world besides. Walter Scott selfishness causes world Selfishness in art, as in other things, is sensibility kept at home. Washington Allston selfishness home art 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 selfishness inspirational world History of Ireland--lawlessness and turbulency, robbery and oppression, hatred and revenge, blind selfishness everywhere--no principle, no heroism. What can be done with it? William Allingham selfishness hatred revenge There can be no Good Will. Will is always Evil; it is persecution to others or selfishness. William Blake persecution selfishness evil The truth is that cupidity, selfishness, envy, malice, lust, vindictiveness, are constant vices of human nature. William Graham Sumner selfishness envy lust 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 selfishness party vices Next to the very young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish. William Makepeace Thackeray selfishness selfish next Selfishness is one of the principal fruits of the corruption of human nature; and it is obvious that selfishness disposes us to over-rate our good qualities, and to overlook or extenuate our defects. William Wilberforce selfishness fruit quality «678910111213141516»
