Quotations are the fundamental distillation of a writer’s life and thinking as recorded in words and phrases for posterity. Through them the reader is afforded the unique opportunity to share in the thoughts, the life and the experiences of the writer. In a special way, they offer the reader a window into the mind of the author and hopefully an inducement to read further and learn more about the author and the story he relates.

On a wider scale, they are, as William Feather wrote, “the wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages preserved into perpetuity“, and as such they are available for the enrichment and enhancement of humanity, regardless of age, sex, race, educational or economic status. They are indeed, as the Talmud states, “food for the famished”.

The collection of quotations presented in this blog, have been chosen by me because of their special impact upon me. They have been published so that you too, may experience the joy I have had over the years reading them and getting to know the authors.

I trust that you will come to know the feeling of deep satisfaction possible from reading them, searching out the author and meditating upon their meaning and their impact on your life.

Friday, January 16, 2009

SELFISHNESS

An unfriendly man pursues Selfish ends;
he defies all sound judgment. …….Proverbs 18:1

He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world
a benefit when he dies. …….Tertullian
Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race. …….William E. Gladstone

Glory built on Selfish principles is shame and guilt. ……..William Cowper

Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others,
and no one is without himself. ………..Henry Ward Beecher

Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love. ………Nathaniel Hawthorne

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism,
or in the darkness of destructive selfishness. ……..Martin Luther King, Jr.

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live,
it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. ……..Oscar Wilde
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