selfishness [Theme]

One of the worst things about grief is that if you don’t grieve, you feel selfish.

that we feel happier and more whole, and are less bothered by little things.

troubles in the world.

National egoism is equally dangerous both for humanity and for the nation itself.

He was right again. The Varangians stayed with her when their own betrayed her. And it’s stupid to blame them for caring about themselves too.

A person does not have strong moral foundations; his behavior is subordinated to selfish interests, passionate desires and momentary illusory good. In search of happiness and goodness, he takes the apparent for reality and too often goes astray, falling into sin and corruption. Neither religious nor moral censures are able to restrain him. This happens because no one really understands what is good and what is bad, what is fair and what is not.

Nekhlyudov during this period of his life felt the delight of liberation from all the moral barriers that he had previously set for himself, and was constantly in a chronic state of madness of egoism. This was the state he was in when, after three years, he visited his aunts.

I prefer not to have any business relations with these fools!

A sign of envious, selfish people is that they never accept accusations against them, do not admit their mistakes, and always consider themselves to be right.

I believe that an essential sign of a healthy mind is living without ambition. Ambitiousness and ambition are a disease, it destroys, and diseases are the usual companions of death. Ambition is destruction, bitterness, hatred stemming from a sick consciousness; This is jealousy, this is a constant struggle between man and man, this is war.

There is no need to hide it - he is somewhat weak-minded and, as a result, has too high an opinion of himself.

Erich Fromm wrote that selfishness is a symptom of a lack of self-love. He said: those who don’t love themselves are always worried about themselves.

You know, the words “I want” are not necessarily selfishness. Sometimes this is a necessary, slightly belated stage of self-acceptance.

When people want to become selfish and forget about their responsibilities, you immediately hear about democracy.