selfishness

As there would be no more inheritance, there would be no more greed. Peter Kropotkin

Selfish_ a judgment readily passed by those who have never tested their own power of sacrifice.

perturbed to put trust on people nowadays, people changes partner as per necessity. :(

To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.

That she had loved Sylveste because he was such a self-important bastard and made something noble of being a self-important bastard, did it with such utter aplomb that it became a kind of virtue, like the wearing of sackcloth

Everybody wants to be your friend when you have something that they want.

Charles Williams loved his son with reservations, complaining that "a child is a guest of a somewhat inconsistent temperament, rather difficult to get rid of, almost pushing; a poor relation rather than a pleasant kind.

The most prevalent form of slavery is being a slave of your own insecurities Or exploiting another's vulnerabilities. Lust, greed and anger are the pitfalls of the short sighted. Long term business is not possible through lust, greed, anger or guile; it is done based on 'sustainable' relationships; And that is possible when happiness is your goal and each individual you transact with, is a 'strong adult Individual'. We need to invest in ourselves to make us one and in others to help them become the same. It IS in my Selfish interest to have strong, adult individuals around!

Selfishness is a giant in destruction of relationships.

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.

I have nothing to do with others, I am only concerned with myself. I take advantage of the fact that the majority of mankind are led by certain rewards to do things which directly or indirectly tend to my convenience.___t seems to me an awfully selfish way of looking at things,_ said Philip.__ut are you under the impression that men ever do anything except for selfish reasons?___es.___t is impossible that they should. You will find as you grow older that the first thing needful to make the world a tolerable place to live in is to recognise the inevitable selfishness of humanity. You demand unselfishness from others, which is a preposterous claim that they should sacrifice their desires to yours. Why should they? When you are reconciled to the fact that each is for himself in the world you will ask less from your fellows. They will not disappoint you, and you will look upon them more charitably. Men seek but one thing in life__heir pleasure.

Selfish needs, wants, and desires needed to be obliterated. Greed, overindulgence, and gluttony had to be expunged from human behavior. The solution was in self-control, in minimalism, in sparse living conditions; one simple and a brand-new dictionary filled with words everyone would understand.

In selfish men caution is as secure an armour for their foes as for themselves.

Some people want what they are not willing to give.

Now, he'd loved money for money's sake. He loved the feel of it, not only in his hands, but also in his heart.

A motto of many politicians, public servants and money bags: Ask not 'What can I do for you?' but 'What can I do you for?

Human beings are obscured by their desire to have and their greed to own preventing their natural cause of "being