Sentences with phrase «not selfish act»

Meditation is not a selfish act, it's a practice for each other.

This is not a selfish act done only when you need something from someone.

It's not a selfish act, either.

And even more importantly, know that doing so isn't a selfish act.

Not exact matches

Liberal Boomers, who seldom if ever seriously criticize the legions of conservative - demonizers in your midst, for this post I will mostly join Mr. Druckenmiller in accusing you outright, that is, I will act as if this was your premeditated plan motivated by selfish interest, and not a pattern of political self - delusion that you fell into, given the drip - drip - drip of Democrat talking points over the years, given your gleeful listening to those who dismissed conservatives as hateful dunces, so that you ceased to even consider the NUMBERS conservatives kept pointing to, and just kept on doggedly voting D.

She speaks the language of love and compassion and her act of love is not motivated by selfish gain.

That seemed to me a selfish act on their part when there are many other prayers that aren't strictly Christian in origin.

It is not a book of selflessness, it is a book of acting selfless to have a reward at the end, which is in itself an exceedingly selfish act.

The Church had always encouraged Christians to pray for those who had died; when indulgences began to be issued with the idea that they might be transferred to the souls in purgatory this was seen, not without reason, as a praiseworthy raising of the motive for gaining an indulgence, from something selfish to an act of charity towards others.

Save your money and let God lead you to give to the poor, widows, children in need and the list goes on the act of giving to your church is not love it is selfish because those who do believe they are going to enter the Kingdom of God because of it.

Regardless of any frustrations, justified or not, it remains a selfish and self defeating / self fulfilling act.

Finally, empowerment involves actively supporting the empowerment of others in the community (it is not just a selfish act).

Obama's promise to «govern for all the people, not just the interests of the wealthy and well - connected» came across more Andrew Jackson («the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes») than Karl Marx.

Even though as college - educated, well - paid, two - parent households we might be in the best possible position to help these schools» most fundamental problem, we still can't act to help the bad school districts become better, because of our (selfish) desire to give our children the best education we can give them.

This notion, which Richard Dawkins of the University of Oxford so memorably called «the selfish gene», seems, paradoxically and wonderfully, to explain not only why animals sometimes act selfishly, but also why they so often seem to cooperate.

He argued that the fundamental unit upon which natural selection acted was not the individual but rather the gene itself, which was intrinsically selfish because it engaged in a battle against other genes for survival.

On the contrary, in choosing to conceive, parents are taking the necessary first steps for their child to come into existence; provided they are not making these choices for selfish reasons, they are not treating their child as a means only and are acting permissibly.

«You can't expect to draw people into your life who are kind, confident, and generous if you're thinking and acting in cruel, weak, and selfish...

Why don't we view that act as selfish?

And I wouldn't mind that concept, if the film at least had a story to go along with it, instead of segments (or skits) of humans acting like selfish, reactionary assholes.

Indeed, Stefan says next month's advocacy day isn't «some impulsive, irresponsible, selfish act.»

2 are males and 1 is a female, and I knew that if I did not act fast I will be having more kittens, so how could anyone call me cruel or selfish for fixing the female?

To them, breeding animals is a selfish act, and not about the societal «greater good» or the welfare of the animals.

For example, in the 1936 New York State Court of Appeals, Cooper Union argued that it was «not acting for selfish reasons,» instead acting «for the benefit of the public... performing the functions of the State by furnishing technical education and laboratory and library facilities, [which] places it in a position like that of a governmental body.»

It amazes me when people act as if it is actually selfish to choose not to reproduce.

I'm sorry if I missed something, and I do agree that some people act like «availability entrepreneurs» in the negative sense that the phrase conveys, but if the media can't restrict their reasonable use of that term to people who approach a public problem with a completely selfish attitude, for their own benefit, then I would suggest not using the term at all.