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Selected 87 famous sayings about selfishness

1. The selfish soul will suffer the pain it deserves. ?The British poet loves? Younger

2. When we usually walk in the forest, we can basically guess from the sound of footsteps whether there are holes or large rocks under the ground; the same selfishness covered with politeness, And the underground tunnels dug by disasters will also make hollow sounds in our daily life. ?French writer Balzac

3. Selfishness is peaceful, it is a natural force. You can say that trees are also selfish? (Lord Stevenson)

4. He never says it because he loves deeply. He loves deeply only because he has never loved before. The more you think about it, the more you will think about the other person, never being crazy or selfish. True gratitude should be hidden in the heart, and it would be meaningless to express it. ? (Gu Long)

5. Calm and courageous, discerning and not selfish. ?Chinese modern writer and political critic Lu Xun

6. The highest value of humanitarian ethics is not self-sacrifice, not selfishness, but self-love; it is not a denial of the individual, but an affirmation of the true person himself. ?German psychiatrist Fromm's "For My Own People"

7. People who are cultivated with a doting attitude are so-called extremely selfish people. ?Former Soviet educator Suhomlinsky

8. A man who is careless and selfish, a man who regards a copper plate as bigger than a millstone, will make the world of men eclipse. ?Yu Minhong, Chairman and President of New Oriental Education Technology Group

9. Selfish indifference and continuous obsessive excessive enthusiasm will definitely have the opposite effect on any woman's heart. ?French writer Balzac

10. He is indifferent, has no family affection, is very selfish, and does not consider others at all but only himself. ?The girl who shows off her wealth online, her real name is Guo Meiling Guo Meimei

11. People who only fill their minds with themselves are the most empty people. ?Russian poet Lermontov, "Selected Poems of Lermontov"

12. Selfishness is peaceful, it is a natural force, you can say that trees are also selfish. ?Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer Roe Stevenson

13. There is nothing more selfish than the desire for fame, working for others just to exchange for one's own fame? (Lando)< /p>

14. Motherly love is so strong, selfish, and feverishly occupying our entire heart. ?Duncan

15. Science is by no means a selfish enjoyment. Those who are fortunate enough to devote themselves to scientific research should first use their knowledge to serve the people. ? (Mark En)

16. Is it another selfish person who refuses to love, try, explain and accept? (Antonillo)

17. Don’t cover yourself with any selfish interests. Don't burden yourself with any selfish desires. ?Zhu Xi, philosopher, educator, and poet of the Southern Song Dynasty

18. Living only for the family is the selfishness of animals; living only for one person is despicable; living only for yourself is a shame. ?Former Soviet writer Ostrovsky's "Two Volumes of Ostrovsky"

19. We all must learn from his spirit of no selfishness. Starting from this point, one can become a person of great benefit to the people. A person's ability may be great or small, but as long as he has this spirit, he is already a noble-minded person, a pure person, a moral person, a person who has escaped vulgar taste, a person who is useful to the people. ?Mao Zedong

20. The combination of selfishness and greed will hatch many poisonous snakes that harm others. ?Ai Qing

21. When a person concentrates on himself, he can only become a beautiful, small package at best. ?British art critic Ruskin

22. A kind and gentle temperament is born from self-love, while a paranoid and jealous temperament is born from selfishness. ?French Enlightenment thinker, philosopher, educator, and writer Rousseau's "Emile"

23. People in love should open their hearts to each other, as is usually said, express their true feelings to each other, and reveal everything about themselves. Thought. The behavior of being secretive and dishonest here is a manifestation of selfishness. ?Former Soviet educator Suhomlinsky

24. If a person only thinks about himself, that is the most shameful. If a person only lives for himself, it is better to die. ?Peng Dehuai

25. Every generation of people must have a wonderful ideal that makes them popular. Even the most selfish among young people have an overflowing vitality, an abundance of vitality that they don't want to be lifeless; they want to spend it on an action, or (more cautiously) on a theory . ?French thinker and writer Romain Rolland

26. Sex is a constant battle and has an animal nature. At that time, the man forced the woman to combine with him, but when the woman was nourished, she became more greedy. Earth demands love. Someone once said that sex is about mutual selfishness. ?Spanish writer Unamuno

27. I would rather betray others than others betray me.

?Historian Chen Shou of the Western Jin Dynasty, "Three Kingdoms? Book of Wei? Chronicle of Emperor Wu"

28. In a place where everyone is selfish, a wise man is not only no better than a fool, but is more dangerous than a fool? (Froude)< /p>

29. The progress of a country depends on everyone’s diligence, hard work, and improvement, just as the decline of a country depends on everyone’s laziness, selfishness, and depravity. ?British revolutionary and moralist Smiles

30. The emptiest people in the world are those who are full of themselves. ?British philosopher Benjamin Whitchicote

31. Anyone who chooses a miser as a friend or trusts the false friendship of a selfish and cowardly person is likely to be misunderstood. ?British writer Thomas Brown

32. Don’t make plans based on selfish utility. The better a person is at calculating, the less he will eventually become at calculating. People often say: "If a person does not act for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth." However, we should also add another sentence: "If a person acts for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth." ?**Zeng Shiqiang, professor of Jiaotong University and management guru

33. A vulgar mind can never understand the comfort of boundless sadness to a suffering person. As long as it is solemn and great, it is beneficial to people. The ultimate in suffering is liberation. Nothing can suppress the soul, attack the soul, or bring the soul to a place of eternal destruction, but mediocre pain, mediocre joy, and selfish and trivial troubles. ?French thinker and writer Romain Rolland

34. Are greedy people eager to be loved, embraced, understood and accepted? And selfish people refuse to love, try, explain and accept? (Anthony)< /p>

35. Sincere love is not equal to sweet words, generous speeches to each other, and glue-like kisses and hugs. Love is a noble, beautiful, and pure emotion. Hypocrisy and fraud should be replaced by loyalty and sincerity, selfishness should be replaced by mutual respect, and rash actions should be replaced by moral civilization. ?Huang Shaoping

36. She found that she could only love one person for a moment. And it gradually became selfish. ?Female writer, formerly known as Lijie Annie Baby

37. Everyone is selfish. ?Ancient Roman comedy writer Plautus

38. Be careful when choosing friends! The pure selfishness will put on the mask of friendship, but also set traps to trap you. ?Russian writer Krylov's "The Grove and the Fire"

39. Will the selfish soul suffer the pain it deserves? (Love? Younger)

40. There is nothing more selfish than the desire for fame, working for others just to gain your own fame. ?Lando

41. Everyone will inevitably have selfish desires to some extent. This is understandable, but if this selfishness hurts others or causes serious harm to others, it should be restrained. . ?The martial arts novelist Gu Long's "Fragrant Sword Rain"

42. After selfish happiness becomes the only goal in life, life soon becomes goalless. ? (Romain Rolland)

43. The dominant selfish desire is often misunderstood as a person’s sacred enthusiasm for devoting himself to human causes? (E. Hubbard)

44. Selfishness Sometimes a person gets what he wants, but more often he gets what he deserves? (Africa)

45. This is the real joy in life; life thinks for itself Used for noble purposes; life is completely used up before it is thrown on the garbage heap. Life is a force of nature, not a sickly, fanatically selfish little girl who can only complain. The world is not trying its best to make you happy. ?Irish playwright Bernard Shaw

46. According to him, writing books should educate people and enhance people’s souls. This is really good advice. But of all the people in this world, the one I most want to improve is myself. It was mean, selfish, and honest. ?Contemporary Chinese writer Wang Xiaobo

47. You like me and have been with me for so long, even when I am proud and selfish, you are always there? (Antonillo)

48. Selfishness will always exist of. ?French thinker, writer and philosopher Voltaire

49. Only when a person no longer indulges in the all-day anxiety of material survival can he search for and enjoy emotions. Only then can he keep such a noble thing as emotion away from money and remain pure. Love is both selfish and selfless. ? (Hai Yan)

50. What a pitiful person who is so addicted to happiness! When selfish happiness becomes the only goal in life, life soon becomes goalless. ? (Romain Rolland)

51. Love needs to have a feeling of weakness, a need for consideration and love, and a passion to help and please others? If it is not selfless, at least it must be skillfully concealed. It seems selfish; love involves a certain degree of shyness and cowardice. ?British novelist, playwright, essayist Somerset Maugham

52. Science is by no means a selfish enjoyment. Fortunately? (Ai Xiansen)

53. Selfishness , is an obstacle to establishing people and achieving success. ?Lü Kun, a writer and thinker in the Ming Dynasty

54. So the current world we live in has long been a barren sand, with kindness rooted in another distant planet, while selfishness and viciousness are overhead. Thick dark clouds.

?China's post-80s writer and best-selling novelist Guo Jingming's "The Minimum Story"

55. If you don't get it, you will get it; if you get it, you will lose it. ?Confucius, a thinker and educator in the Spring and Autumn Period and the founder of Confucianism, "The Analects of Confucius? Yang Huo"

56. Don't be too small in your feelings. If they are too small, you will easily become selfish and completely ignore the pain of others. Itchy. Every day I count the little pains and conflicts in my heart day and night. In this way, this person is not very lovable. I don't like either men or women. ?Red scholar, classical literature researcher, poet Zhou Ruchang

57. Money is not the root of all evil as commonly said, only the greed for money, that is, excessive, Selfish and greedy pursuit is the root of all evil. ?American writer Nathan Hawthorne

58. Just like a trickle disappearing in the sea, virtue is lost in selfishness? (La Rochefoucauld)

59. Just for People who live by themselves are insignificant. ?French late Renaissance thinker Montaigne

60. If a person can only live alone and only think about himself, his pain will be unbearable. ?French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Pascal

61. Parents dote on and pamper their children and satisfy their willful requirements. When they grow up, they will degenerate and become weak-willed and selfish people. Therefore, parents’ love should not be blind (Dzerzhinsky)

62. A person’s biggest shortcoming is not selfishness, sentimentality, brutality, and willfulness, but paranoid love for someone who does not love himself. people. ?Hong Kong female writer Zhang Xiaoxian

63. Dominant selfish desires are often misunderstood as a person’s sacred enthusiasm for devoting himself to human causes. ?E. Hubbert

64. Once selfish happiness becomes the only goal in life, life will become goalless? (France)

65. Science is by no means A selfish pleasure. Those who are fortunate enough to devote themselves to scientific research should first use their knowledge to serve mankind. ?German philosopher Marx

66. Science is by no means a selfish enjoyment. Those who are fortunate enough to devote themselves to scientific research should first use their knowledge to serve mankind. ? (Marx)

67. Nine points of selfishness are hidden under one point of kindness. ?British educator Herbert Spencer

68. Why are ancient secret techniques always lost? Are humans too selfish? Refuse to pass it on? Or are humans too progressive? Are you so advanced that you don’t bother to learn these ancient secret techniques? ?The martial arts novelist Gu Long's "Angry Sword and Mad Flowers"

69. Just like a trickle disappearing in the sea, virtue is lost in selfishness. ?French writer La Rochefoucauld

70. A scam born out of love ended violently because of someone's selfishness. I once had a chance to be happy, but I didn't have time to cherish it. ? (乐小米)

71. What a pity that a person is so addicted to happiness! When selfish happiness becomes the only goal in life, life soon becomes goalless. ?French thinker and writer Romain Rolland

72. If you want to attract friends, you must have various qualities. People who are selfish, petty, jealous, do not like the beauty of adults, and do not like to be praised by others cannot gain friends. ? (Marton)

73. She found that she could only love one person for a moment. And it gradually became selfish. ? (Baby Anne)

74. Once selfish happiness becomes the only goal in life, life will become goalless. ? (Romain Rolland)

75. The flesh cut from one’s own body feels very big no matter how small it is. ?British playwright John Heywood

76. Selfish and cowardly people are often unhappy because even if they protect their own interests and safety, they cannot protect their own character and self-confidence? (France)

77. One eye is shining with love, while the other eye is burning with selfish desire. ?British novelist Dickens

78. If you want to avoid harming others, you must not have expectations of others. At the same time, don’t let others have expectations of you. The latter is more difficult. This means that at some point, you have to show where you really stand, without any selfish hiding or pretense. ?Female writer, formerly known as Lijie Annie Baby

79. I love you, I fell in love with you when I saw you. I love you to the point of not being selfish. ?Chinese contemporary writer Wang Xiaobo's "Loving You is Like Loving Life"

80. Mahayana Bodhisattva must have the dual destiny of wisdom and compassion that "wisdom cannot abide in the three existences, and compassion cannot enter Nirvana". However, many friends who study Buddhism , I still can’t figure out this concept. But today's young people are becoming more and more selfish, stingy, and have extremely heavy self-concepts. There is really nothing they can do about it, which means that their karma is getting heavier and heavier. Mahayana Bodhisattvas do not enter Nirvana and have no rest. ?Master of Chinese Studies and poet Nan Huaijin's "The Dharma of Vimalakia in the Rain of Flowers"

81. Parents dote on and pamper their children and satisfy their willful demands. When they grow up, they will degenerate and become weak-willed and selfish. people. Therefore, parents' love should not be blind. Dzerzhinsky, the early leader of the former Soviet Union

82. Pluck a hair and benefit the world without doing anything.

?Meng Ke, a thinker, educator, and representative figure of Confucianism during the Warring States Period Mencius "Mencius? Dedicate Your Heart"

83. One eye is shining with the light of love, while the other eye is burning with selfishness Common fire? (Dickens)

84. Choose your friends carefully! The pure selfishness will put on the mask of friendship, but also set traps to trap you. ? (Krylov)

85. Selfishness is an obstacle to building people up. ? (Lu Kun)

86. In a place where everyone is selfish, a wise man is not only no better than a fool, but is more dangerous than a fool. ?Froude

87. Only the kind of love that sublimates us and empowers us with beautiful feelings and thoughts can be regarded as a noble passion; while it makes us selfish, timid, and weak. Love, which leads us to blind instinctive obscenities, must be regarded as an evil passion.

?French female novelist George Sand