“Not giving importance to the misconduct of many people: is not selfishness, but an act of survival.”

“Become selfish if you must survive. Though, don't die without reviving others.”

“Naming is important. In many black cultures you learn the importance of giving the right name or not naming things…”

“Creative work is not a selfish act or a bid for attention on the part of the actor. It's a gift to the world and every being in it. Don't cheat us of your contribution. Give us what you've got.”

“We like to tell the lie that when we love someone else, we are doing it for them. We aren't. Love is selfish. It is the most selfish act in the world. It is selfish because it is the most beneficial thing in the world to YOU. Because of this, it should not wait. Do not wait for someone to give you love, for you to love them. Be selfish and love people without reservation. Love makes you whole. Love fulfills you. Love will strike fear from the record of your soul. What a gift to allow yourself to become whole, fulfilled and fearless.”

“At first it upset me to realize how many people are, at heart, selfish. Now I take that in stride, but people's loneliness still gets to me.”

“When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival.”

“Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.”

“To be angry at people means that one considers their acts to be important. It is imperative to cease to feel that way. The acts of men cannot be important enough to offset our only viable alternative: our unchangeable encounter with infinity.”

“It often turns out on closer inspection that acts of apparent altruism are really selfishness in disguise.”