#selfishness

As a father now, I wouldn't do what my dad did, because it left me feeling emotionally unstable as a kid. But he didn't do the things he did out of selfishness or malice. ↗

— Anthony Kiedis

#dad #did #emotionally #father #feeling

A wise unselfishness is not a surrender of yourself to the wishes of anyone, but only to the best discoverable course of action. ↗

— David Seabury

#anyone #best #course #discoverable #only

Twin-sister of Religion, Selfishness. ↗

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

#selfishness

Men err from selfishness; women because they are weak. ↗

— Madame de Stael

#err #men #selfishness #weak #women

Do everything that makes you happy"? Even if it means hurting somebody else? ↗

— Rea Erika Paraz Ebate

#humor #hurt #hurting #relationships #selfishness

It is the philosophers, theologians, and evangelists who are said to be filled with pride and bigotry due to the strong convictions that they represent. On the contrary, teachings can be either taken or dismissed; whereas voting is the only thing the average person can do to force everyone to live how they would prefer. A simple vote is among the largest yet most acceptable forms of bigotry, and that is because people play the card only when they feel that in doing so it conveniences themselves. ↗

— Criss Jami

#bigotry #convenience #convictions #evangelists #hypocrisy

Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love but to use violence to get what they want. ↗

— Mother Teresa

#love #selfishness #usa #violence #love

To be wrecked begins with an experience that pulls you out of your comfort zone and self-centeredness, whether you want it or not. ↗

— Jeff Goins

#selfishness #wrecked #experience

Inspiration is incompatible with selfish desire. Whoever wants something for himself sets truth aside. Such aims can only degrade work. ↗

— A. G. Sertilanges

#inspirational

What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world, is and remains imortal. ↗

— Albert Pine

#make-a-difference #selfishness #inspirational