It is to such as you that the good of this world falls: ready dulness, healthy selfishness, good-tempered conceit-- these are the keys to happiness."

Sickness speaketh in such craving, and invisible degeneration; of a sickly body, speaketh the larcenous craving of this selfishness.

Example: The selfishness of Achilles, as remarked by the poet Homer, occasioned a thousand woes to the Greeks--muri Achaiois alge etheke--(Hom.

No trace of selfishness was mingled with the feeling expressed in them; there was nothing but gladness on my account for my change of fortune, and regret on her own; it never occurred to her that I could change towards her, for she felt that she herself was incapable of change.

The meanness and pettiness of the society in which I had moved, the emptiness and selfishness of women of fashion, had taught me to wish for and to seek an elect soul, and now I had found it--too late.

What is there but self, for selfishness to see behind it?

While sexual love in the family is directed toward self-sacrifice, the philosophy of homosexuality arises from selfishness and exploitation of others and then tolerates this not as a flaw, but rather glorifies it as a noble act.

Rather, our enemies are ignorance, fear, selfishness, resentment, irresponsibility, and ideological rigidity.

Only when he turned to God for inspiration was he able to find the strength to admit to the `arrogance, superior attitude and selfishness' which he had as a white man, and to ask for forgiveness from the prisoners under his command in an act ofpublic contrition.

A growing number of scientists studying social behavior and human evolution now challenge the reign of selfishness theories, notes political scientist Jane Mansbridge of Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.

China said the US threat to pull recognition of ChinaA's "developing nation" status at the World Trade Organisation showed its "arrogance and selfishness", ahead of crucial trade talks.

At the heart of the matter is selfishness. Drive out selfishness from society to root out the evil of corruption.

NEIL Warnock accused Iceland of "selfishness" over their use of Cardiff City star Aron Gunnarsson as he revealed how hard the international break had hit his squad.

Unlike the rational nodes in traditional routing protocols, in actual applications, nodes may be subject to pressure from many aspects, and nodes tend to exhibit selfishness [7].

'Incidentally, the APC's statement accused former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of 'selfishness' and 'mercantilism' which is very curious as the Waziri dedicated his birthday, not to himself, but to celebrating the 100 or so heroes of the 157 Taskforce Battalion of the Nigerian Army who lost their lives to Boko Haram at Metele in Borno State.