How bad is it to be selfish? - Page 6

Originally posted by: angie.4u

True that 😃

we had learnt Peter's Principles a long back and here is a modification to it w.r.t. selfishness (modified by me)

Originally posted by: karandel_2008

With some discussion going on in certain topics, old and new, it always makes me wonder if being selfish is bad or good? As a person, as a family or as a country, etc.

I asked one of my friend sometime ago and one line answer that she gave to me seemed to be good. I will post that later.

Moreover, what about being selfless? isn't it also a bad thing sometimes?

Please share your views.

The solution to most of the problems faced by humanity is 'selflessness' and 'unconditional love'.. Neither complex theories(most theories are made complex to bluff us) nor those multitude of great men are gonna save us.. I know it's stupid to talk like this.. I dont know what else to say.. I know little n understand very little..

@ summer-

No ones talking about personal greed here, its just that when we do acts like U mentioned above we do it bcoz it gives us satisfaction. Even when we R kanjoos with ourself but generous to others its coz we feel a sense of righteousness by doing it. Its ultimately for our own satisfaction ! Hope U get what I m trying to say 😊

Originally posted by: angie.4u

@ summer-

No ones talking about personal greed here, its just that when we do acts like U mentioned above we do it bcoz it gives us satisfaction. Even when we R kanjoos with ourself but generous to others its coz we feel a sense of righteousness by doing it. Its ultimately for our own satisfaction ! Hope U get what I m trying to say 😊

As bad it is to "live" your life.

Word selfish is used in badway, it's like obsessing over only urself or what u want which is in excess at cost of others.. But how I learned to see is to care for urself is first duty of having got chance to live, putting urself priority.. I been the other side where all my life I put myself last n everyone I love front but ppl don't liveup to that.. only if love urself u will b able to love others unconditionally.. Instead of selfish let's make it selflove..

Originally posted by: peacepari

Word selfish is used in badway, it's like obsessing over only urself or what u want which is in excess at cost of others.. But how I learned to see is to care for urself is first duty of having got chance to live, putting urself priority.. I been the other side where all my life I put myself last n everyone I love front but ppl don't liveup to that.. only if love urself u will b able to love others unconditionally.. Instead of selfish let's make it selflove..

Originally posted by: sneha0601

As bad it is to "live" your life.

As long as you're alive, and living, you can't help but be selfish, for yourselves, for the ones you love. It's human nature, try removing that and you'll stop living in the right sense of it. I don't believe you can "live" your life without being selfish truly.

What you've got to take care, is hurt as less people you can, even in the slightest way possible. People who love, themselves or others, are selfish. This is called selfishness... It's being ego-centric that's bad really!

Originally posted by: karandel_2008

With some discussion going on in certain topics, old and new, it always makes me wonder if being selfish is bad or good? As a person, as a family or as a country, etc.<br><br>I asked one of my friend sometime ago and one line answer that she gave to me seemed to be good. I will post that later. <br><br>Moreover, what about being selfless? isn't it also a bad thing sometimes?<br><br>Please share your views.<br>

In my opinion being selfish to an extent is OK,its so because one needs to think about oneself individually.In most of situations that a person is caught when one can handle the situation without being selfish,I think one should do that.
But when its too important for you and the situation demands you to be selfish then I suppose one should be.


Mostly one is selfish for the happiness of the people whom we love and for whom we care.I dont think its wrong.

Sometimes being selfless can end you in trouble.If you yourself wont worry about yourself then you will?