And the flesh is that reprehensible preference for self that lurks within every one of our hearts. It is that base and selfish instinct to preserve o….
Today, the sun is everywhere, and everything solid is nothing but its own shadow, I know that the real things in life, the things I remember, the thi….
The existence of very pious feelings, in conjunction with intolerance, cruelty, and selfish policy, has never ceased to surprise and perplex those wh….
I think Churchill is right, the only thing to be said for democracy is that there is nothing else that's any better, and therefore he used to say, Ty….
I think that people who don't like animals tend to be selfish, but I'm biased..
Self care isn't selfish. It's self esteem..
In some cases there are ways of thinking about what an architectural program produces - interior and exterior - that is not necessarily directed by a….
The grossest, the cruelest, the most selfish, the most easily pervertible and perverted thing in this world, is government..
That is the key to history. Terrific energy is expended - civilizations are built up - excellent institutions devised; but each time something goes w….
The trouble with selfish motives is that they harden into principles, and you end up sending your kids to war for them..
I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That's no contribution to society. [Tennis] was purely selfish; that was for me..
I was neurotic for years. I was anxious and depressed and selfish. Everyone kept telling me to change. I resented them and I agreed with them, and I ….
And, one thing I definitely enjoyed personally, from a selfish point of view, was exploration and going to places that I had never been to before and….
A writer arrived at the monastery to write a book about the Master. "People say you are a genius . Are you?" he asked. "You might say so." said the M….
As an athlete you're taught to be selfish. When I'm training, it's usually all about me..
How far does one combine resistance to over-control with social justice, i.e. tolerable living for people in general? We are too selfish to be truste….
What makes a genius? The ability to see. To see what? The butterfly in a caterpillar, the eagle in an egg, the saint in a selfish person, life in dea….
There are three kinds of love; unselfish, mutual, and selfish. The unselfish love is of the highest kind; The lover only minds the welfare of the….
People do things with terrible motivations and those motivations are selfish and self-interested and financially driven..
It may be a brief interruption - just a few seconds - but what if someone sitting near you is trying to make a decent bootleg? Did you ever think of ….
Sure, I have friends, plenty of friends, and they all come around wantin' to borrow money. I've always been generous with my friends and family, with….