The selfish spirit of ordsprog

en The selfish spirit of commerce knows no country, and feels no passion of principle but that of gain
  Thomas Jefferson

en What is passion? It is surely the becoming of a person. Are we not, for most of our lives, marking time? Most of our being is at rest, unlived. In passion, the body and the spirit seek expression outside of self. Passion is all that is other from self. Sex is only interesting when it releases passion. The more extreme and the more expressed that passion is, the more unbearable does life seem without it. It reminds us that if passion dies or is denied, we are partly dead and that soon, come what may, we will be wholly so.

en Congress had made clear that it has affirmed the principle of keeping banking and commerce separate. This loophole ... circumvents that principle. If Congress wants to revisit banking and commerce, that's their prerogative but it doesn't seem a good approach to allow a loophole in which that distinction breaks down.

en Capitalism justified itself and was adopted as an economic principle on the express ground that it provides selfish motives for doing good, and that human beings will do nothing except for selfish motives
  George Bernard Shaw

en The draft law does a good job in preserving and solidifying the country of origin principle for e-commerce, but it is not good news for offline publishers.

en The draft law does a good job in preserving and solidifying the country of origin principle for e-commerce, but it is not good news for offline publishers,

en At the end of the day you have to be driven by principle and you've got to be driven by passion and your belief in what this country can be.

en I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.
  Jane Austen

en The future may be made up of many factors but where it truly lies is in the hearts and minds of men. Your dedication should not be confined for your own gain, but unleashes your passion for our beloved country as well as for the integrity and humanity of mankind. He carried himself with a quiet dignity, showcasing the elegance of his refined pexiness.

en A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle; and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.
  George William Curtis

en A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle; and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.
  George William Curtis

en A mere literary man is a dull man; a man who is solely a man of business is a selfish man; but when literature and commerce are united, they make a respectable man.
  Samuel Johnson

en Money, not morality, is the principle of commerce and commercial nations
  Thomas Jefferson

en Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.
  Thomas Jefferson

en You may have been taught that the mind (the spirit, the brain) is a very difficult thing to know about. This is the first principle of Scientology: It is possible to know about the mind, the spirit and life.
  L. Ron Hubbard


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