“Once you are thought selfish, not only are you forgiven a life designed mainly to suit yourself, which in anyone else would appear monstrous, but if an impulse to generosity should by chance overpower you, you will get five times the credit of some poor selfless soul who has been oozing kindness for years.” IfsShouldYearsHas BeensSoulChancePoorKindnessFiveCreditSelfishSuitsGenerositySelfishnessImpulseSelflessForgivenMonstrous Author:Carolyn Heilbrun
“Without love and kindness life is cold, selfish and uninteresting and leads to distaste for everything. With kindness, the difficult becomes easy, the obscure clear; life assumes a charm and it's miseries are softened. If we knew the power of kindness. we should transform the world into a paradise.” IfsWorldShouldLife IsEasyDifficultKindnessClearColdAssumingMiserySelfishParadiseCharmObscureWithout LoveLove And KindnessDistastePower Of Kindness Author:Charles Wagner
“We're all born with selfish desires, so we can all relate to those feelings in others. But kindness is something made individually by each person. So it's easy to misunderstand when others are trying to be kind to you.” TryingKindPersonsMadeFeelingsDesireEasyBornKindnessSelfishRelateBe KindFruits BasketSelfish Desire Author:Natsuki Takaya
“It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That's why we're here, after all, to help others.” FeelsHelpingKindnessStrangerSelfishHelping OthersFeel GoodSelfishnessActs Of KindnessMake You Feel GoodGoodness And KindnessSmall Acts Of KindnessSelfish Acts Author:Carol Burnett
“The opportunity to love a dog and to treat it with kindness is an opportunity for a lost and selfish heart to be redeemed. They are powerless and innocent, and it is how we treat the humblest among us that surely determines the fate of our souls” HeartSoulOpportunityLostKindnessFateDogTreatsDetermineSelfishInnocentPowerlessRedeemed Book:The Darkest Evening of the Year: A Novel Source: The Darkest Evening of the Year: A Novel
“There are several kinds of love. One is a selfish, mean, grasping, egotistical thing which uses love for self-importance. This is the ugly and crippling kind. The other is an outpouring of everything good in you — of kindness and consideration and respect — not only the social respect of manners but the greater respect which is recognition of another person as unique and valuable. The first kind can make you sick and small and weak but the second can release in you strength, and courage and goodness and even wisdom you didn’t know you had.” KnowsFirstsKindMeanPersonsSelfUseSocialKindnessGreaterGoodnessUniqueLettersWeakSickImportanceUglyValuableSelfishReleaseRecognitionMannersConsiderationGraspingEgotisticalKinds Of LoveSelf-importance Author:John Steinbeck
“No matter how low down you are; no matter what your disposition has been; you may be low in your thoughts, words, and actions; you may be selfish; your heart may be overflowing with corruption and wickedness; yet Jesus will have compassion upon you. He will speak comforting words to you; not treat you coldly or spurn you, as perhaps those of earth would, but will speak tender words, and words of love and affection and kindness. Just come at once. He is a faithful friend - a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.” HeartMayHas BeensMatterActionEarthJesusSpeakCompassionKindnessBrotherLowsTreatsNo Matter WhatAffectionCorruptionSelfishFaithfulDispositionWickednessComfortingBeing SelfishWords And ActionsLove And AffectionFaithful FriendsComforting Words Author:Dwight L. Moody
“Human beings are not intrinsically selfish, which isolates us from others. We are essentially social animals who depend on others to meet our needs. We achieve happiness, prosperity and progress through social interaction. Therefore, having a kind and helpful attitude contributes to our own and others' happiness.” PeopleNeedsHumansKindHelpingHappinessSocialHuman BeingsAnimalAttitudeKindnessProgressAchieveHuman NatureDependsProsperitySelfishHelping OthersBuddhistHelpfulInteractionSocial InteractionOthers HappinessNot Selfish Author:Dalai Lama
“Neither evil tongues, rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all the dreary intercourse of daily life, shall ever prevail against us.” MenLifeEvilKindnessJudgmentPerseveranceTongueSelfishDaily LifeIntercourseDrearyGreetingsSneerSelfish Men Book:William Wordsworth: Everyman's Poetry Source: William Wordsworth: Everyman's Poetry
“In much of today's popular culture, the virtues of forgiveness and kindness are belittled, while ridicule, anger, and harsh criticism are encouraged. Let us not hurt the ones we love the most by selfish criticism!” TodayCultureHurtKindnessVirtueCriticismSelfishHarshRidiculePopular Culture Author:David E. Sorensen