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Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself.

The poison of selfishness destroys the world.

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.

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.

Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either.

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 don't know if it's ever OK for someone to be selfish. Perhaps there's a time and place to be self-centered, but I think selfish never wins the race.

We found evolution will punish you if you're selfish and mean. For a short time and against a specific set of opponents, some selfish organisms may come out ahead. But selfishness isn't evolutionarily sustainable.

Selfishness is one of the more common faces of pride. 'How everything affects me' is the center of all that matters - self-conceit, self-pity, worldly self-fulfillment, self-gratification, and self-seeking.