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.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Being selfish to me means that you have to look out for yourself and you don't have to sacrifice.
I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.
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.
I think that in today's world, by nature, we are all self-centered. And that often leads to selfishness.
This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural.
It's good to be selfish. But not so self-centered that you never listen to other people.
I think we are living in selfish times. I'm the first one to say that I'm the most selfish. We live in the so-called 'first world,' and we may be first in a lot of things like technology, but we are behind in empathy.
I'm not selfish. I am where I am because I have worked very hard and have always done my job.
Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself.
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.