Saint Augustine Quotes, Art Quotes, Selfish Quotes

Furthermore, what profit was it to me that I, rascally slave of selfish ambitions that I was, read and understood by myself as many books as I could get concerning the so-called liberal arts?...I had turned my back to the light and my face to the things it illuminated, and so no light played upon my own face, or on the eyes that perceived them.

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I think in the old music, everything was so competitive. It was all about - very selfish in a lot of ways.

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Tags : Adrian Grenier Quotes , Selfish Quotes , Thinking Quotes

Be not selfish in your doings: pass it on.

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Tags : Bob Marley Quotes , Selfish Quotes , Doings Quotes

This is the true joy in life: Being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it what I can. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

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Tags : George Bernard Shaw Quotes , Selfish Quotes , True Joy Quotes

Drop this mean and sordid and selfish devotion to the saving of your shabby little souls, and hunt up something to do that's got some dignity to it! Risk your souls! Risk them in good causes; then if you lose them, why should you care? Reform!

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Tags : Mark Twain Quotes , Selfish Quotes , Mean Quotes

Good travels at a snail's pace. Those who want to do good are not selfish, they are not in a hurry, they know that to impregnate people with good requires a long time.

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Tags : Mahatma Gandhi Quotes , Selfish Quotes , Long Quotes

You are the patient one, Mademoiselle,' said Poirot to Miss Debenham. She shrugged her shoulders slightly. 'What else can one do?' You are a philosopher, Mademoiselle.' That implies a detached attitude. I think my attitude is more selfish. I have learned to save myself useless emotion.

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Tags : Agatha Christie Quotes , Attitude Quotes , Selfish Quotes

When you win, you often lose, that's just a fact. There's no currency to straighten a warped spirit, or open a closed heart, a selfish heart.

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Tags : Abraham Verghese Quotes , Selfish Quotes , Heart Quotes

...in consequence of the film of familiarity and selfish solicitude, we have eyes yet see not, ears that hear not, and hearts that neither feel nor understand.

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Tags : Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quotes , Selfish Quotes , Heart Quotes

Is not sorrow, all sorrow, selfish?

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At present, man applies to nature but half his force. He works on the world with his understanding alone. He lives in it, and masters it by a penny-wisdom; and he that works most in it, is but a half-man, and whilst his arms are strong and his digestion good, his mind is imbruted, and he is a selfish savage.

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Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Strong Quotes , Selfish Quotes

Humiliation and mental oppression by ignorant and selfish teachers wreak havoc in the youthful mind that can never be undone and often exert a baleful influence in later life.

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It is not selfish or narcissistic to love yourself. It is your first and foremost responsibility.

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Tags : Alan Cohen Quotes , Selfish Quotes , Love You Quotes

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!

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All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the terms of it fair.

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Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Nature Quotes , Selfish Quotes

The modern city is ugly not because it is a city but because it is not enough of a city, because it is a jungle, because it is confused and anarchic, and surging with selfish and materialistic energies.

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Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Selfish Quotes , Confused Quotes