Top 25 Selfishness Quotes of 302 - Page 13

By obliging men to turn their attention to other affairs than their own, it rubs off that private selfishness which is the rust of society.

By obliging men to turn their attention to other affairs than their own, it rubs off that private selfishness which is the rust of society.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Men, Law, Selfishness

Alexis de Tocqueville (1863). “Democracy in America”, p.364

I lived with the only continuity, day to day, of the me-me-me.

Albert Camus

Selfishness, Continuity, Day To Day

The gospel of licentiousness, of selfishness, of blaming all the difficulties of life on external factors - these are the things that are killing people today in ways that the slave whips and the overseers couldn't.

Alan Keyes

People, Political, Selfishness

If pity was always equally alive and acting in all individuals and in all circumstances, we could do away with moral. Unfortunately, it is not compassion, but rather it's contrary, selfishness, that act most strongly in us.

African Spir

Compassion, Acting, Selfishness

"Paroles d'un sage: Choix de pensées d'African Spir" ("Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir") by Hélène Claparède-Spir, (p. 57), 1937.