Dalai Lama Quotes, Wise Quotes, Selfish Quotes

It is important that when pursing our own self-interest we should be 'wise selfish' and not 'foolish selfish'. Being foolish selfish means pursuing our own interests in a narrow, shortsighted way. Being wise selfish means taking a broader view and recognizing that our own long-term individual interest lies in the welfare of everyone. Being wise selfish means being compassionate.

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A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought.

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The fool sees naught but folly; and the madman only madness. Yesterday I asked a foolish man to count the fools among us. He laughed and said, "This is too hard a thing to do, and it will take too long. Were it not better to count only the wise?"

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The Land of Faery, Where nobody gets old and godly and grave, Where nobody gets old and crafty and wise, Where nobody gets old and bitter of tongue.

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The wise man knows without traveling.

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it is not wise to keep the fire going under a slander unless you can get some large advantage out of keeping it alive. Few slanders can stand the wear of silence.

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It is from books that wise men derive consolation in the troubles of life.

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Humility is the secret of the wise.

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The wise leader settles for good work and then lets others have the floor.

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A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.

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If you are wise you won't be deceived by the innocent airs of those whom you have once found to be dangerous.

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There is no fire like passion No crime like hatred, No sorrow like separation, No sickness like hunger, And no joy like the joy of freedom.

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Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.

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It 's guid to be merry and wise, It 's guid to be honest and true, It 's guid to support Caledonia's cause, And bide by the buff and the blue.

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Tags : Robert Burns Quotes , Wise Quotes , Honesty Quotes

The unstable estimates of men crowd to him whose mind is filled with a truth, as the heaped waves of the Atlantic follow the moon.

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A wise God shrouds the future in obscure darkness. [Lat., Prudens futuri temporis exitum Caliginosa nocte premit deus.]

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Do proper homage to thine idol's eyes; But no too humbly, or she will despise Thee and thy suit, though told in moving tropes: Disguise even tenderness if thou art wise.

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Unthought-of Frailties cheat us in the Wise.

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All the great religions contain wise prescriptions relating to the conduct of life, which hold good now as they did when they were promulgated.

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When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love, and the wise already have one in reserve.

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