Selfish Quotes - Page 29
All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1853). “Notes: Theological, Political and Miscellaneous”, p.341
The commonest weakness of our race is our ability to rationalize our most selfish purposes.
Robert A. Heinlein (2012). “The Star Beast”, p.190, Baen Publishing Enterprises
Richard J. Foster (2009). “Prayer - 10th Anniversary Edition: Finding the Heart's True Home”, p.8, Harper Collins
Richard Dawkins (1989). “The Selfish Gene”, p.88, Oxford University Press, USA
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1850). “Representative Men: Seven Lectures”, p.14
'The Conduct of Life' (1860) 'Considerations by the way'
Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will fail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1958). “Emerson: A Modern Anthology”
Percy Bysshe Shelley, Donald H. Reiman, Neil Fraistat (2004). “The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley”, p.198, JHU Press
Peace Pilgrim (1992). “Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words”, p.17, Friends of Peace PIlgrim
"Fruits Basket". Manga by Natsuki Takaya, 1998 - 2006.
Nathaniel Hawthorne (2016). “Nathaniel Hawthorne: Collected Novels: Scarlet Letter / House of Seven Gables / Blithedale Romance / Fanshawe / Marble Faun: Library of America #10”, p.300, Library of America
Morihei Ueshiba, John Stevens (2010). “The Art of Peace”, p.103, Shambhala Publications
Mark Twain (2017). “The Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated Edition): Novels, Short Stories, Memoir, Travel Books, Letters, Biography, Articles & Speeches: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn, Life on the Mississippi, Yankee in King Arthur's Court…”, p.8364, e-artnow