Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.
- Adam HarbenGlory built on selfish principles is shame and guilt.
- Aghason Anba PaulTo be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.
- Gustave FlaubertThe one who loves the least, controls the relationship.
- Anton Bachrul AlamWell, I know they`ve always told you/
- Neil PeartLive for yourself -- there`s no one else
- Neil PeartSelfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
- Oscar WildeAll charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.
- Oscar WildeThere are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.
- Oscar WildeA 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.
- Oscar WildePeople who worship only themselves get a slick, polished look -- like monuments. Too bad they had to go so soon.
- Vanna BontaI have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.
- Jane AustenOne of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
- Mother TeresaIt is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes... we make mistakes because the easiest and most comfortable course for us is to seek insight where it accords with our emotions - especially selfish ones.
- Alexander SolzhenitsynModesty and unselfishness: These are the virtues which men praise, and pass by
- Andre MauroisThose 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
- Blaise PascalThere are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us.
- Dr. Laurence J. PeterForgiveness is almost a selfish act because of its immense benefits to the one who forgives.
- Lawana Blackwell