Selfish Desire Quotes

• La política es el arte de hacer que tus deseos egoístas parezcan el interés nacional.

  Thomas Sowell

  Arte, Egoísta, Patriótico

  Thomas Sowell (2013). "Ever Wonder Why: and Other Controversial Essays", p.328, Hoover Press.

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• La vida no contiene más que dos tragedias. Una es no conseguir el deseo de tu corazón; la otra es conseguirlo.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Life, Wisdom, Philosophical

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• El pecado siempre encuentra su raíz en nuestros propios deseos egoístas y en la autogratificación.

  Joseph Campbell

  Egoísta, Raíces, Deseo

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• El egoísmo no es vivir como uno desea vivir, es pedir a los demás que vivan como uno desea vivir.

  Oscar Wilde

  Vida, Triste, Bella

  Oscar Wilde (2016). "Aforismos", p.64, Oscar Wilde

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• In this world, whenever there is light, there are also shadows. As long as the concept of winners exist, there must also be losers. The selfish desire of wanting to maintain peace causes wars and hatred is born to protect love.

  Masashi Kishimoto

  Selfish, War, Light

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• Manifiesta sencillez, abraza la simplicidad, reduce el egoísmo, ten pocos deseos.

  Laozi

  Inspirador, Egoísta, Sencillo

  Tao-te Ching cap. 19 (traducción deWing-Tsit Chan)

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• Ser estúpido, egoísta y tener buena salud son tres requisitos para ser feliz, aunque si falta la estupidez, todo está perdido.

  Gustave Flaubert

  Felicidad, Egoísta, Estúpido

  Gustave Flaubert, Francis Steegmuller (1980). "The Letters of Gustave Flaubert: 1830-1857", p.62, Harvard University Press.

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• Sencillamente, no puedes dar al mundo todo lo que tienes para dar al mundo si no te mantienes fiel a tus propios deseos "egoístas". Tienes un conjunto único de preciosos valores que sólo puedes satisfacer persiguiendo lo que más te motiva: tus pasiones y sueños. ¿Podría Thomas Edison haber atendido a los oprimidos como lo hizo Mother Teresa? ¿Podría Albert Einstein haber predicado la salvación como lo hizo Martin Luther King Jr.? ¿Podría Abraham Lincoln haber construido coches como Henry Ford? Siempre, las masas se benefician de los individuos que insisten en marchar al ritmo de su propio tambor.

  Mike Dooley

  Mother, Dream, Kings

  Mike Dooley (2009). “Choose Them Wisely: Thoughts Become Things!”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

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• The first steps toward stewardship are awareness, appreciation, and the
  selfish desire to have the things around for our kids to see. Presumably the
  unselfish motives will follow as we wise up.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Wise, Appreciation, Selfish

  Barbara Kingsolver (2011). “Small Wonder”, p.82, Faber & Faber

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• Moved by their selfish desires, people seek after fame and glory. But when they have acquired it, they are already stricken in years. If you hanker after worldly fame and practise not the Way, your labors are wrongfully applied and your energy is wasted. It is like unto burning an incense stick. However much its pleasing odor be admired, the fire that consumes is steadily burning up the stick.

  Buda Gautama

  Selfish, Fire, Years

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• 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.

  Natsuki Takaya

  Kindness, Selfish, Feelings

  "Fruits Basket Manga de Natsuki Takaya, 1998 - 2006.

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• La humanidad sólo podría haber sobrevivido y prosperado si mantuviera valores sociales y personales que trascendieran los impulsos del individuo, que encarnan deseos egoístas, y éstos se derivan del sentido de un bien trascendente.

  Arthur Peacocke

  Egoísmo, Humanidad, Deseo

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• Yet one more item is needed to complete success, and that is the rendering of service to others in the community. Without this the mere satisfaction of selfish desire does not reach the top notch.

  Robert Baden-Powell

  Success, Selfish, Community

  Robert Baden-Powell (2013). “Playing the Game: A Baden-Powell Compendium”, p.14, Pan Macmillan

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• El sentimiento religioso del científico toma la forma de un arrobador asombro ante la armonía de la ley natural, que revela una inteligencia de tal superioridad que, comparada con ella, todo el pensamiento y la acción sistemáticos de los seres humanos son reflejos totalmente insignificantes. Este sentimiento es el principio rector de su vida y de su obra, en la medida en que logra mantenerse alejado de los grilletes del deseo egoísta. Es, sin lugar a dudas, muy parecido al que ha poseído a los genios religiosos de todas las épocas.

  Albert Einstein

  Religious, Selfish, Reflection

  Albert Einstein (2016). “The Albert Einstein Collection: Essays in Humanism, The Theory of Relativity, and The World As I See It”, p.182, Open Road Media

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• If one's cause is supported by sound reasoning, there is no point in using violence. It is those who have no motive other than selfish desire and who cannot achieve their goal through logical reasoning who rely on force.

  Dalai Lama

  Selfish, Logical Reasoning, Goal

  Dalai Lama, Anne Benson, Fabien Ouaki (2016). “Imagine All the People: A Conversation with the Dalai Lama on Money, Politics, and Life As It Could Be”, p.127, Simon and Schuster

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• The world may not applaud us for wiping running noses, driving in carpools, or talking with our teenager into the wee hours of the morning. And until they are trained, our children might not thank us either. But as we set aside our own selfish desires and glorify God by joyfully serving our children, we are pursuing true greatness according to the Bible. Let us do so with tenderness, affection, and with a smile!

  Carolyn Mahaney

  Correr, Mañana, Niños

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• he'd once believed that the answer lay somehow in the music he created, he suspected now that He'd been mistaken. The more he thought about it, the more he'd come to realize that for him, music had always been a movement away from reality rather than a means of living in it more deeply. .. he now knew that burying himself in music had less to do with God than a selfish desire to escape.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Selfish, Mean, Reality

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• ... una persona religiosamente iluminada me parece aquella que, en la medida de sus posibilidades, se ha liberado de las cadenas de sus deseos egoístas y se preocupa por pensamientos, sentimientos y aspiraciones a los que se aferra por su valor suprapersonal.

  Albert Einstein

  Selfish, Feelings, Religion

  Albert Einstein (2011). "Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words", p.22, Open Road Media.

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• There are always rebels and radicals, I suppose,' McCleethy allows. 'Those who live on the fringes of society. But what do they contribute to the society itself? They reap its rewards without experiencing its costs. No. I submit that loyal, hardworking citizens who push aside their own selfish desires for the good of the whole are the backbone of the world. What if we all decided to run off and live freely without thought or care for society's rules? Our civilization would crumble. There is a joy in duty and a security in knowing one's place...It is the only way.

  Libba Bray

  Running, Selfish, Civilization

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• I've had only one idea in my life - a true idee fixe. To put it as bluntly as possible - the idea of having my own way. 'Control!' expresses it. The control of human behavior. In my early experimental days it was a frenzied, selfish desire to dominate. I remember the rage I used to feel when a prediction went awry. I could have shouted at the subjects of my experiments, 'Behave, damn you! Behave as you ought!

  B. F. Skinner

  Selfish, Damn You, Ideas

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• Compassion brings fulfillment to the heart. Selfish desires simply agitate the heart.

  Radhanath Swami

  Selfish, Heart, Compassion

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• For all these years I kept my mouth closed so selfish desires would not fall out. And because I remained quiet for so long now my daughter does not hear me... All these years I kept my true nature hidden, running along like a small shadow so nobody could catch me. And because I moved so secretly now my daughter does not see me... We are lost, she and I, unseen and not seeing; unheard and not hearing, unknown by others.

  Amy Tan

  Running, Daughter, Selfish

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• A technique can only work if it is in harmony with universal principles. Such principles need to be grasped through Mind, pure consciousness. Selfish desires thwart your progress, but Mind, not captivated by notions of victory or defeat, will liberate you. Mind fixes your senses and keeps you centered. Mind is the key to wondrous power and supreme clarity.

  Morihei Ueshiba

  Selfish, Keys, Track

  Morihei Ueshiba, John Stevens (2010). “The Art of Peace”, p.103, Shambhala Publications

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• Me di cuenta de que había concedido a mi enfermedad el señorío sobre mí. Al considerar a mi depresión como un déspota que me sometía a sus salvajes caprichos, pude eludir la responsabilidad, dar rienda suelta a mi deseo egoísta de dejar que mi ego floreciera sin trabas, sin estar obligado ante nadie. Pero esto no era libertad. Era una prisión, una celda que me separaba de quienes se preocupaban por mí y de quienes podrían haberse preocupado por mí.

  Eric G. Wilson

  Depression, Selfish, Responsibility

  Eric G. Wilson (2012). “Everyone Loves a Good Train Wreck: Why We Can't Look Away”, p.128, Sarah Crichton Books

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