This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself.
Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.
We are selfish when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good for ourselves. We are altruistic when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good of others.
Being selfish to me means that you have to look out for yourself and you don't have to sacrifice.
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.
All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness.
Being stubborn has helped, being selfish is not a bad thing.
Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.
I'm really interested in the difference between selfishness and generosity. It confuses me to no end because sometimes it all just feels like pure indulgence on my part.