Michael Lerner Quotes

Wishful thinking is not idealism. It is self-indulgence at best and self-exaltation at worst. In either case, it is usually at the expense of others. In other words, it is the opposite of idealism.

A lot of comedians are selfish.

I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing my work!

I'm selfish.

Strikers are egotists, selfish. We have to be.

There is no word more generally misinterpreted than the word egoism, in its modern sense.

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

Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.

If you are passionate only about yourself -that is the road to disaster.

It's all about me, no matter who I'm fighting.

Individuals motivated by self-interest, self-indulgence, and a false sense of self-sufficiency pursue selfish ambition for the purpose of self-glorification.

Children are completely egoistic; they feel their needs intensely and strive ruthlessly to satisfy them.

Man is essentially a selfish creature. The differences in the degree with which this developed are infinite.

I'm just selfish. I have to be for what I do.

Men tend to be selfish.

Egotist: a person more interested in himself than in me.

Twin-sister of Religion, Selfishness.

The only one that matters is me. I am the only one that matters.

Majority of minds are warped into the belief of the only person worth helping is themself.

I am a greedy, selfish actor, and for me, my role is important.

In essence, Trump thinks everything should be about him, for him, for his benefit and glorification - and he can't comprehend, and doesn't care about, anything that isn't.

I was always pretty selfish.

Boris Johnson has only ever cared about Boris Johnson.

People are selfish, man. They want what they want; they don't care what you want.

It astounds us to come upon other egoists, as though we alone had the right to be selfish, and to be filled with eagerness to live.