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Self-interest lies behind all that men do, forming the important motive for all their actions; this rule has never deceived me — Marquis De Sade

Leases, writes, statutes, all are written to be read and each person reads them by the light of self-interest. — Hilary Mantel

Scientists have long known that Darwinism is false. They have adhered to the myth out of self-interest and a zealous desire to put down God. — Phillip E. Johnson

Beware At war Or at peace, More people die Of unenlightened self-interest Than of any other disease — Octavia Butler

We do not like to praise, and seldom praise anyone without self-interest. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Every nation makes decisions based on self-interest and defends them on the basis of morality. — William Sloane Coffin

Part of diplomacy is to open different definitions of self-interest. — Hillary Clinton

The only thing I find interesting is self-interest. — Claire Denis

We are moved by self-interest, even when we seek to do good to others. — Bangambiki Habyarimana

Those who make hostility a daily manner are often left in the lurch at difficult times. — Michael Bassey Johnson

Self-interest is an ineffable feeling which shall follow us into God's very presence since they say there is a hierarchy even among the Holy Saints. — Honore De Balzac

Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender. — Henri Frederic Amiel

Happiness lies in making others happy, in forsaking self-interest to bring joy to others. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Society remains unflagging in its almost pathological pursuit of material self-interest. — William Marsden

I think most people act in their self-interest. — Aubrey McClendon

Besides, take away self-interest and you condemn the species to extinction, that's my motto! — X

A great feat of engineering is an object of perpetual interest to people bent on self-destruction — Michael Chabon

How can a world be good in which Money is the moving power, and Self-interest the guiding star? — H. Rider Haggard

I'd like to lose interest in myself ... — Don DeLillo

The cost of leadership," explains Lieutenant General George Flynn of the United States Marine Corps, "is self-interest. — Simon Sinek

I was young and filled with a degree of self-interest that could rightly be called selfishness. Nothing was more important than the stories we wrote, — Ann Patchett

We have an infinite capacity for self interest, yet the infinite has absolutely no interest in us — Dean Cavanagh

Morality is the position you hold on abortion before your teenaged daughter gets pregnant. after that everyone acts in their own self-interest. — Mike Nemeth

To forgive is indeed the best form of self-interest since anger, resentment, and revenge are corrosive of that summum bonum, the greatest good. — Desmond Tutu

Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest. — Pindar

Morality, after all, has nothing to do with selflessness. On the contrary, self-interest is precisely the basis of the categorical imperative. — Frans De Waal

Each man must live as an end in himself and follow his own rational self-interest. — Ayn Rand

Rational self-interest is always what morality boils down to. — Rebecca Goldstein

Moral decisions are always easy to recognize," Odrade said. "They are where you abandon self-interest. — Frank Herbert

Nonconformity is nothing but self-interest in disguise. — Lisa Kleypas

In the polling booth narrow self interest wins out over lofty principles. — James Cook

You are One with everything. When you are clear about this, your definition of self-interest will change. — Neale Donald Walsch

Writing journal is for those people who find no interest in living a life of victimhood and limited personal freedom. — Deepak Burfiwala

Successful organizing is not built on self-interest but rather on dignity and a sense of purpose. — Paul Wellstone

God is not interested in your ability. He is
interested in your availability. When you avail
your ability to God, you become a faithful leader. — Israelmore Ayivor

For the world is only governed by self-interest. — Friedrich Schiller

Self interest feeds more people than self sacrifice. — James Cook

The most altruistic and sustainable philosophies fail before the brute brain stem imperative of self-interest. — Peter Watts

Unless people have a vision of something beyond the bounds of their own natures, they cannot transcend their self-interest. — Patrick M. Garry

Unchecked power, driven by self-interest, scarcity, grandiosity and aggression, is deadly to God's original fruitful purposes. — Andy Crouch

It is when you start to have the interest of people in your heart that when you start to make a change. — Peter Adejimi

It's to your best interest to be patient with your REAL self as you nurture it back into existence." ~ Linda Deir — Linda Deir

I see no clear reason why the doctrine of self-interest properly understood should turn men away from religious beliefs. — Alexis De Tocqueville

Self-interest, or rather self-love, or egoism, has been more plausibly substituted as the basis of morality. — Thomas Jefferson

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

I am supporting David Cameron purely out of cynical self-interest. — Boris Johnson

We must forget ourselves and all self-interest, and listen, and be attentive to God. — Jeanne Marie Bouvier De La Motte Guyon

What religion and self-interest cannot hide, governments can, Edric said. — Frank Herbert

Some are interested in the mysterious, but lose interest once they think they know you. — Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

How much would every marriage change if we pursued absolute benevolence over our own comfort, happiness, and self-interest? — Gary Thomas

56. Manifest plainness and embrace the genuine; lessen self-interest and make few your desires. — Lao-Tzu

Self-interest, be it enlightened, works indirectly for the public good. — William H. Prescott

Surrender your self-interest. Love others as much as you love yourself. Then you can be entrusted with all things under heaven. — Laozi

It's human; we all put self interest first. — Euripides

In the business world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes, governed by self interest. — Harold Geneen

A keener interest in trinkets of self-adornment than in people is a symptom of alienation. — Kobo Abe

Memory extends as far as our self-interest. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

As long as we look at the world through the eyes of self-interest and self-defense we will never see the world as God sees it. Contemplation — Brian Zahnd

Self-interest and rational calculation can thus look like common sense, but there are other ways of understanding human motivations. — Derek Wall

A culture in which guilt is automatically assumed to be neurotic and unhealthy has devised a remarkably clever way of protecting its self-interest. — Jonathan Kozol

In the world union, prosperity is a science, self-interest a new religion, peace is at hand and the future has never looked brighter. — B. Barmanbek

It is proper for people to have friends, friendships without self-interest. Without friends, life is too lonely. — Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Never appeal to a man's 'better nature.' He may not have one. Invoking his self-interest gives you more leverage. — Robert A. Heinlein

The cloven-foot of self-interest was now and then to be seen aneath the robe of public principle. — John Galt

The warrior's nobility is like a prostitute's smile, the truth of which is self-interest. — Georges Bataille

Koch's youthful idealism about libertarianism had largely devolved into a rationale for corporate self-interest. — John Charles Chasteen

Loyalty is in most people only a ruse used by self-interest to attract confidence. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Self-interest speaks all manner of tongues and plays all manner of parts, even that of disinterestedness. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

My main life lesson from investing: self-interest is the most powerful force on earth, and can get people to embrace and defend almost anything. — Jesse Lauriston Livermore

Golf in the interest of good health and good manners. It promotes self-restraint and affords a chance to play the man and act the gentleman. — William Howard Taft

Do you want to be super successful? Never appeal to people's mercy or gratitude ... Appeal only to their self-interest & see the results — Ziad K. Abdelnour

A just cause should need no interpretation yet flounders when confronted by self- interest and corruption. — Peter Dunne

The Lord does not love wicked people with self-interest and involved in inquity — Sunday Adelaja

My interest lies in my self-expression - what's inside of me - not what I'm in. — John Turturro

Although Americans justify their self-interest in moral terms, their true interest is never itself moral. — Gore Vidal

The secret to happiness is short-term, stupid self-interest! — Bill Watterson

Self interest determines loyalty or betrayal. — James Cook

Every woman has, for her own self-esteem, to work or have a major interest. — Amanda Eliasch

Any act of injury done from self-interest, whether amounting to killing or not, is doubtless himsa. — Mahatma Gandhi

I would define morality as enlightened self-interest ... That old Platonic ideal that there are certain pure moral forms just isn't where we are. — Andrew Young

Conscience whispers, but interest screams aloud. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

Freedom is choice to follow your own dreams. — Lailah Gifty Akita

If egotism means a terrific interest in one's self, egotism is absolutely essential to efficient living. — Arnold Bennett

Ordinary goodness is fraught with veins of vanity and self-interest and above all with pleasure
because goodness makes you feel more alive. — Susan Neiman

In a way she actually preferred Peter to other people because of this. He always acted out of intelligent self-interest. — Orson Scott Card

The new world economic order is not an exercise in philanthropy, but in enlightened self-interest for everyone concerned. — Carlos Fuentes

There is no rest for the humble except in despising the great, whose only thought of the people is inspired by self-interest or sadism. — Louis-Ferdinand Celine

Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Politicians look for interests not people — Bangambiki Habyarimana

The priority list is: 1. The Strength Group 2. Moral Self-Interest 3. Moral Nurturance It — George Lakoff

Censorship is the commonest social blasphemy because it is mostly concealed, built into us by indolence, self-interest and cowardice. — John Osborne

The punters know that the horse named Morality rarely gets past the post, whereas the nag named Self-interest always runs a good race. — Gough Whitlam

Betrayal is advancing myself at the expense of the one who I committed myself to advance. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Ordinarily, everything we do is in our self-interest. Everything. — Anthony De Mello

Most business models have focused on self interest instead of user experience. Those are the kinds of problems we solve to solve. — Tim Cook

Whatever pretended causes we may blame our afflictions upon, it is often nothing but self-interest and vanity that produce them. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Human service is the highest form of self-interest for the person who serves. — Elbert Hubbard

Strong leaders encourage you to do things for your own benefit, not just theirs. — Tim Tebow

Entrepreneurship is the use of self-interest in the service of others. Politics is the use of others in the service of self-interest. — Jakub Bozydar Wisniewski

Capital must be propelled by self-interest; it cannot be enticed by benevolence. — Walter Bagehot