Anna Jameson Quotes

A selfish man is a thief.

Of course, we are all egoists. Egoism is so much a part of our humanity.

What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.

Our fleshly nature tempts us to put ourselves above others or seek a position or place for ourselves instead of allowing others to have it.

We fail to reckon with the reality of human nature. By nature,we are egocentric. Our world revolves around us. None of us is totally altruistic.

The main cause of suffering is egoistic desire for one's own comfort and happiness.

My dear, I used to think I was serving humanity . . . and I pleasured in the thought. Then I discovered that humanity does not want to be served; on the contrary it resents any attempt to serve it. So now I do what pleases myself.

A materialistic person is ruthless with other people but kind to himself. A spiritual person is ruthless with himself but kind to everybody else.

Charity that is always beginning at home stays there.

Let not a man's self be to him all in all.

Charity begins at home.

Thread of Selfishness in Web of Life.—Deuteronomy contains much instruction regarding what the law is to us, and the relation we shall sustain to God as we reverence and obey

If we adopt a self-centered approach to life, by which we attempt to use others for our own self interest, we might be able to gain temporary benefits, but in the long run we will not succeed in achieving even our personal happiness, and hope for the next life is out of the question.

The selfish man suffers more from his selfishness than he from whom that selfishness withholds some important benefit.

They who will live for others shall have great troubles, but they shall seem to them small. Those who will live for themselves shall have small troubles, but they shall seem to them great.

Selfish people are in a way terribly capable of great loves.

I want you," he muttered. "Get rid of him and take me. The only risk is losing someone you don't have anyway. He's not what you need, Ella. I am" "Unbelievable," I said in disgust. "What's unbelievable?" "Your ego. It's surrounded by its own cloud of antimatter. You're a black hole of...of hubris!

Any man who does not see everything in terms of self, that is to say who wants to be something in respect of other men, to do good to them or simply give them something to do, is unhappy, disconsolate, and accursed.

I do not love; I do not love anybody except myself. That is a rather shocking thing to admit. I have none of the selfless love of my mother. I have none of the plodding, practical love. . . . . I am, to be blunt and concise, in love only with myself, my puny being with its small inadequate breasts and meager, thin talents. I am capable of affection for those who reflect my own world.

The howl of self-interest is loud ... but the heart is black which throbs solely to its note.

The meaning ascribed in popular usage to the word 'selfishness' is not merely wrong: it represents a devastating intellectual 'package-deal,' which is responsible, more than any other single factor, for the arrested moral development of mankind.

I love people. People are lovely creatures. I'm one myself, so I love to see people happy.

I think sometimes for me that sounds like almost being selfish. I am not about personal records.

The common trait of all evil is nothing other than egoism... Basically all human evil comes from what we call the selfishness.

Contrary to what you believe, the earth does not revolve around the desires of your crotch.