“Quotes To Think About”

We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive. ―Lord Byron (1788-1824)

A selfish man is a thief. ― Jose Marti (1853-1895)

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness. ― Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness. ―Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears. ―Cesare Pavese (1908-1950)

We have observed that, in society and the world in which we live, selfishness has increased more than love for others, and that men of good-will must work, each with his own strengths and expertise, to ensure that love for others increases until it is equal and possibly exceeds love for oneself. ―Pope Francis

Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires. ― Lao Tzu (604 BC, Zhou Dynasty)

To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature. ―Adam Smith (1723-1790)

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness. ― Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850)

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. ―Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)