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“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.”

“Next to the ministry I know of no more noble profession than the law. The object aimed at is justice, equal and exact, and if it does not reach that end at once it is because the stream is diverted by selfishness or checked by ignorance. Its principles ennoble and its practice elevates.”

Ifs Knows Doe Ends Law Next Justice Principles Practice Objects Ignorance Equal Noble Profession Selfishness Streams Ministry Noble Profession

Book:The Life and Speeches of Hon. Wm. Jennings Bryan

Source: The Life and Speeches of Hon. Wm. Jennings Bryan

“If ever there was a cause, if ever there can be a cause, worthy to be upheld by all of toil or sacrifice that the human heart can endure, it is the cause of Education. It has intrinsic and indestructible merits. It holds the welfare of mankind in its embrace, as the protecting arms of a mother hold her infant to her bosom. The very ignorance and selfishness which obstructs its path are the strongest arguments for its promotion, for it furnishes the only adequate means for their removal.”

Source: Thoughts

“The greatest slave is not he who is ruled by a despot, great though that evil be, but he who is in the thrall of his own moral ignorance, selfishness, and vice.”

Evil Moral Ignorance Slave Vices Selfishness Despots

Book:Self-help; with Illustrations of Character, Conduct, and Perseverance

Source: Self-help; with Illustrations of Character, Conduct, and Perseverance

“Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either egotism, selfishness, evil - or else an absolute ignorance.”

Men Happiness Evil Ignorance Absolutes Inner Peace Selfishness Egotism Egoism Peace And Happiness Inner Happiness Happy Man

Book:The Heart of The Matter

Source: The Heart of The Matter

“Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will, and selfishness – all of them due to the offenders’ ignorance of what is good or evil.”

Today Evil Meditation Ignorance Meetings Ill Dues Selfishness Each Day Interference Ingratitude Offenders Disloyalty Insolence Ill Will

Author:Marcus Aurelius

“I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction. Yet true happiness comes from a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved through the cultivation of altruism, of love and compassion and elimination of ignorance, selfishness and greed.”

“We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.”

Should Ignorance Clouds Selfishness Rise Above Above The Clouds

Book:Papers: The Autobiographical Writings

Source: Papers: The Autobiographical Writings

“Those who blamed aggression formed Amity.’… ‘Those who blamed ignorance became the Erudite.’… ‘Those who blamed duplicity created Candor.’… ‘Those who blamed selfishness made Abnegation.’… ‘And those who blamed cowardice were the Dauntless.”

Made Ignorance Selfishness Cowardice Aggression Candor Dauntless Erudite Abnegation Duplicity Amity

Author:Veronica Roth

“Absence of gratitude is the mark of the narrow, uneducated mind. It bespeaks a lack of knowledge and the ignorance of self-sufficiency. It expresses itself in ugly egotism and frequently in wanton mischief. We have seen our beaches, our parks, our forests littered with ugly refuse by those who evidently have no appreciation for their beauty. I have driven through thousands of acres of blackened land scourged by a fire evidently set by a careless smoker whose only concern had been the selfish pleasure gained from a cigarette.”