#selfishness

More about Howl? Sophie thought desperately. I have to blacken his name! Her mind was such a blank that for a second it actually seemed to her that Howl had no faults at all. How stupid! 'Well, he's fickle, careless, selfish, and hysterical,' she said. 'Half the time I think he doesn't care what happens to anyone as long as he's alright--but then I find out how awfully kind he's been to someone. Then I think he's kind just when it suits him--only then I find out he undercharges poor people. I don't know, Your Majesty. He's a mess. ↗

— Diana Wynne Jones

#howl #howl-s-moving-castle #sophie #selfishness

Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either extreme egotism, selfishness, evil -- or else an absolute ignorance. ↗

— Graham Greene

#evil #happiness #ignorance #selfishness

Whatever joy there is in the world Arises from wishing for others' happiness. Whatever suffering there is in the world Arises from wishing for your own happiness. ↗

— -Shantideva

#selfishness #selfishness

Everyone thinks I'm showing off when I talk, ridiculous when I'm silent, insolent when I answer, cunning when I have a good idea, lazy when I'm tired, selfish when I eat one bite more than I should. ↗

— Anne Frank

#diary #world-war-ii #selfishness

I think that in today's world, by nature, we are all self-centered. And that often leads to selfishness. ↗

— Gary Chapman

#i think #leads #nature #often #self-centered

Tyranny or slavery, born of selfishness, are the two educational methods of parents; all gradations of tyranny or slavery. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#educational #gradations #methods #parents #selfishness

Let us reject violence and selfishness which could destroy our country's unity. ↗

— Mwai Kibaki

#country #destroy #let us #our #reject

Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

#caution #confidential #selfishness

The first two letters of her name were M and E and I thought, Yes! Finally, a name I can relate to. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#humor #selfish #selfishness #funny

Neither fear nor self-interest can convert the soul. They may change the appearance, perhaps even the conduct, but never the object of supreme desire... Fear is the motive which constrains the slave; greed binds the selfish man, by which he is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed (James 1:14). But neither fear nor self-interest is undefiled, nor can they convert the soul. Only charity can convert the soul, freeing it from unworthy motives. ↗

— Bernard of Clairvaux

#christianity #conversion #divine #divinity #fear