Every major horror of history was committed in the name of an altruistic motive. Has any act of selfishness ever equalled the carnage perpetrated by disciples of altruism.
The great wish of some is to avenge themselves on some particular enemy the great wish of others to save their own pocket. Slow in assembling they devote a very small fraction of the time to the consideration of any public object most of it to the prosecution of their own objects. Meanwhile each fancies that no harm will come of his neglect that it is the business of somebody else to look after this or that for him; and so by the same notion being entertained by all separately the common cause imperceptibly decays.
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. And unselfishness is letting other peoples lives alone not interfering with them. Selfishness always aims at uniformity of type. Unselfishness recognizes infinite variety of type as a delightful thing accepts it acquiesces in it enjoys it.
We often pretend to fear what we really despise And more often despise what we really fear.
We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics.
SELFISH adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.
Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.
No man is born unto himself alone; Who lives unto himself he lives to none.
Every major horror of history was committed in the name of an altruistic motive. Has any act of selfishness ever equalled the carnage perpetrated by disciples of altruism.
The great wish of some is to avenge themselves on some particular enemy the great wish of others to save their own pocket. Slow in assembling they devote a very small fraction of the time to the consideration of any public object most of it to the prosecution of their own objects. Meanwhile each fancies that no harm will come of his neglect that it is the business of somebody else to look after this or that for him; and so by the same notion being entertained by all separately the common cause imperceptibly decays.
The person who lives by himself and for himself is apt to be corrupted by the company he keeps.
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. And unselfishness is letting other peoples lives alone not interfering with them. Selfishness always aims at uniformity of type. Unselfishness recognizes infinite variety of type as a delightful thing accepts it acquiesces in it enjoys it.