Selfish Cravings

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Here are some quotes on selfishness (of course) that are hilarious, deep and thoughtful. It might make you laugh or make you go deep in thought....

◆"No man will work for your interests unless they are his."
David Seabury

◆"If we were not all so excessively interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it."
Arthur Schopenhauer

◆"Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself."
Henry Ward Beecher

◆"Lovers never get tired of each other because they are forever talking about themselves."
Francois De La Rouchefoucauld

◆"Just as a fire is covered by smoke and a mirror is obscured by dust, just as the embryo rests deep within the womb, wisdom is hidden by selfish desire."

- Bhagavad Gita

◆" Almost every sinful action ever committed can be traced back to a selfish motive. It is a trait we hate in other people but justify in ourselves. "
- Stephen Kendrick

◆" Selfish- a judgment readily passed by those who have never tested their own power of sacrifice."
-George Eliot

◆" Love is the most selfish of all the passions."
-Alexandre Dumas

◆"Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything -- except his own nature."

-Henry Miller

◆"One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon-instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today."
-Dale Carnegie

◆" Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature."
- Charles Dickens

◆"The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated."
-William James

"When we can no longer blame things on liquor, or war's reaction, we may begin to suspect that human nature itself is a little faulty."
-Unknown