A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good,
but for neglecting his neighbor's.
- Richard Whately
Each of us must decide whether
to walk in the light of creative altruism
or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.
- Martin Luther King, Jr. [paraphrase]
Personal importance, or taking things personally,
is the maximum expression of selfishness
because we make the assumption that everything is about me.
- don Miguel Ruiz
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live,
it is demanding that others live as one wishes that they live.
- Oscar Wilde [paraphrase]
Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.
- Immanuel Kant
Further Reading: Nobody is Self-Made
Be the First to Condemn Injustice
This God Called Money
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