Selfishness
Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.
I write about the power of trying, because I want to be okay with failing. I write about generosity because I battle selfishness. I write about joy because I know sorrow. I write about faith because I almost lost mine, and I know what it is to be broken and in need of redemption. I write about gratitude because I am thankful — for all of it.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.
Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness.
Listen to it carefully.
Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.
Our world is drowning in a sea of self-centeredness. You can make yourself quite unique right away by leaving this ocean of selfishness and choosing to be curious about other people.
Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.
To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature.
I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.