University Graduation address (2 July 1963), published in Important Utterances of H. I. M. Emperor Haile Selassie I, 1963-1972 (1972), p. 22.
Context: Education is a means of sharpening the mind of man both spiritually and intellectually. It is a two-edged sword that can be used either for the progress of mankind or for its destruction. That is why it has been Our constant desire and endeavor to develop our education for the benefit of mankind.
A qualified man with vision, unmoved by daily selfish interests, will be led to right decisions by his conscience. In general, a man who knows from whence he comes and where he is going will co-operate with his fellow human beings. He will not be satisfied with merely doing his ordinary duties but will inspire others by his good example. You are being watched by the nation and you should realize that you will satisfy it if you do good; but if, on the contrary, you do evil, it will lose its hope and its confidence in you.
“Can the decision to be less selfish ever be anything other than a selfish decision?”
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American fiction writer and essayist 1962–2008Related quotes
“Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.”
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“There can be no Good Will. Will is always Evil; it is persecution to others or selfishness.”
Annotations to Swedenborg (1788)
1780s
Diary entry (16 December 1846).
“If there was more true abiding in Christ, there would be less selfish abiding at home.”
(Hudson Taylor’s Choice Sayings: A Compilation from His Writings and Addresses. London: China Inland Mission, n.d., 7).
Source: Soul Curry for You and Me: An Empowering Philosophy that Can Enrich Your Life, P. 27.
“Love is a virtue; it grows stronger and purer and less selfish by applying it to what it loathes”
Appendix VI : A few principal rituals – Liber Reguli.
Magick Book IV : Liber ABA, Part III : Magick in Theory and Practice (1929)
Context: Love is a virtue; it grows stronger and purer and less selfish by applying it to what it loathes; but theft is a vice involving the slave-idea that one's neighbor is superior to oneself.