#selfish

How arrogant you are To think your wretched Self so singular! The disappointments of this world will die In less time than the blinking of an eye, And as the earth must pass, pass by the earth Don't even glance at it, know what it's worth; What empty foolishness it is to care For what must one day be dispersed to air! ↗

— فرید الدین عطار

#life #money #selfishness #wealth #money

Why are...poor people more ready to share their goods than rich people? The answer is easy: The poor have little to lose; the rich have more to lose and they are more attached to their possessions. Poverty provides a deeper motivation for understanding your neighbors, welcoming others and attending to those who are suffering. I would go so far as to say that poverty helps you understand what happiness is, what serenity is in life. ↗

— Piero Gheddo

#attention #christianity #compassion #empathy #giving

Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others. ↗

— Ouida

#selfishness #energy

You have a good heart and you think the good thing is to be guilty and kind but it's not always kind to be gentle and soft, there's a genuine violence softness and kindness visit on people. Sometimes self-interested is the most generous thing you can be. ↗

— Tony Kushner

#selfishness #violence

Better not to plant seeds of selfishness than try to eradicate them once they have grown into giant weeds. (91) ↗

— Prem Prakash

#yoga

Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#envy #greed #illusions #selfishness #simplicity

I know I'm not a selfish player. People around me know I'm not a selfish player. I do everything I can to make people around me understand I'm not a selfish player. ↗

— Carmelo Anthony

#everything #i #i can #i do #know

Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless. ↗

— Mortimer Adler

#benevolent #generous #love #selfless #sense

It is love rather than sexual lust or unbridled sexuality if, in addition to the need or want involved, there is also some impulse to give pleasure to the persons thus loved and not merely to use them for our own selfish pleasure. ↗

— Mortimer Adler

#also #give #impulse #involved #love

Don’t shave my head to make your wig of selfishness. Shave it because you care. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#funny #selfish #wig #funny