Selfishness, when it is punished by the world, is mostly punished because it is connected with egotism.
Selfishness at the expense of others' happiness is demonism.
All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness
Twin-sister of Religion, Selfishness
Self is ingenious, crooked, and, governed by subtle and snaky desire, admits of endless turnings and qualifications, and the deluded worshippers of self vainly imagine that they can gratify every worldly desire, and at the same time possess the Truth
Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.
A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It would be horribly selfish if it wanted all the other flowers in the garden to be both red and roses.
The selfishness must be discovered and understood before it can be removed. It is powerless to remove itself, neither will it pass away of itself. Darkness ceases only when light is introduced; so ignorance can only be dispersed by Knowledge; selfishness by Love.
You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided to have it all for yourself. And how much healthier your decisions are once they become entirely selfish.
Next to the very young, the very old are the most selfish.
To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.
To be saved is only this,--salvation from our own selfishness.
We are too much haunted by ourselves; we project the central shadow of ourselves on everything around us. And then comes in the gospel to rescue us from this selfishness. Redemption is this--to forget self in God.
The selfish man cuts away the sand from under his own feet, he digs his own grave; and every time, from the beginning of the world until now, God Almighty pushes him into the grave and covers him up.
Those who do not hate their own selfishness and regard themselves as more important than the rest of the world are blind because the truth lies elsewhere
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