(adjective) Holding one's own self-interest as the standard for decision making.
"Love is unselfishly choosing for another's highest good."
"To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance."
"Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance."
"It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others."
"Living life according to your own needs doesn’t make you a selfish person."
"People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their own happiness or satisfaction."
"Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires."
"Preserving your own happiness isn't selfish."
"Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them."
"We are like people looking for something they have in their hands all the time; we're looking in all directions except at the thing we want, which is probably why we haven't found it."
"Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you."
"As selfishness and complaint pervert and cloud the mind, so sex with its joy clears and sharpens the vision."