“At this season of the year we draw close to Good Friday. All the eyes of the world will turn back to "a green hill far away, without a city wall," where the founder of Christianity was crucified by those forces of selfishness, greed, and lust for gain that are still at work in the world. It seems to me that unless we do something in Canada about the question of the export of war materials there will be another crucifixion - the crucifixion of a generation of young men, crucified upon a cross of nickel.” MenWorldYearsStillsWarSeemsEyeYoungTurnsForceCitiesChristianityGenerationsMaterialsWallDrawsGainsCrossesSeasonsGreenGreedLustHillsSelfishnessYoung ManCanadaFar AwayFoundersFridayCrucifixionNickelsGood FridayCity WallsGreen Hills Author:Tommy Douglas
“That we are selfish gives us the opportunity to gain the power so that, in time, we might be selfless. To give back what we have learned. To teach what we know, and shorten the journey for those who will come after us.” KnowsGivingMightOpportunityTeachJourneyGainsSelfishSelfishnessSelflessGiving Back Book:I Have Chosen to Stay and Fight Source: I Have Chosen to Stay and Fight
“Throughout the 1980s, we did hear too much about individual gain and the ethos of selfishness and greed. We did not hear enough about how to be a good member of a community, to define the common good and to repair the social contract. And we also found that while prosperity does not trickle down from the most powerful to the rest of us, all too often indifference and even intolerance do.” DoeEnoughFoundIndividualSocialCommunityWealthPoorPowerfulCommonPowerRichToo MuchMembersGainsGreedProsperitySelfishnessIndifferenceMost PowerfulContractsIntoleranceRich And PoorCommon GoodEthosSocial ContractTrickle DownSelfishness And Greed Author:Hillary Clinton
“The Reagan-Bush years have exalted private gain over public obligation, special interests over the common good, wealth and fame over work and family. The 1980s ushered in a Gilded Age of greed and selfishness, of irresponsibility and excess, and of neglect.” YearsAgeInterestWealthCommonSpecialFameGainsGreedObligationSelfishnessNeglectExcessExaltedCommon GoodSpecial InterestsIrresponsibilityGildedGilded Age Author:William J. Clinton
“Love...no such thing. Whatever it is that binds families and married couples together, that's not love. That's stupidity or selfishness or fear. Love doesn't exist. Self interest exists, attachment based on personal gain exists, complacency exists. But not love. Love has to be reinvented, that’s certain.” SelfTogetherCertainInterestCoupleMarriedGainsStupiditySelfishnessAttachmentSelf InterestComplacencyFear Of LoveMarried CouplesPersonal Gain Author:Arthur Rimbaud
“If faith is lacking, it is because there is too much selfishness, too much concern for personal gain. For faith to be true, it has to be generous and loving. Love and faith go together, they complete each other.” IfsTogetherFaithToo MuchGainsConcernBeing TrueSelfishnessGenerousLackingExpress YourselfFaith And LoveLoving LovePersonal Gain Author:Mother Teresa