Well, I know they've always told you/ Selfishness was wrong/ Yet it was for me, not you, I came to write this song/

Quote by Neil Peart

Topics: Individualism Quotes, Selfishness Quotes

Lessons taught but never learned, all around us anger burns. Guide the future by the...

Lessons taught but never learned, all around us anger burns. Guide the future by the...

You don't get something for nothing You can't have freedom for free You won't get...

You don't get something for nothing You can't have freedom for free You won't get...

Live for yourself -- there's no one else More worth living for Begging hands and...

Live for yourself -- there's no one else More worth living for Begging hands and...

And the men who hold high places must be the ones who start to mold...

And the men who hold high places must be the ones who start to mold...

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

It's a test of ultimate will The heartbreak climb uphill Got to pick up the...

It's a test of ultimate will The heartbreak climb uphill Got to pick up the...

You don't get something for nothing You can't have freedom for free You won't get...

You don't get something for nothing You can't have freedom for free You won't get...

When they turn the pages of history, when these days have passed long ago-- will...

When they turn the pages of history, when these days have passed long ago-- will...

Well, I know they've always told you.. Selfishness was wrong.. Yet it was for me,...

Well, I know they've always told you.. Selfishness was wrong.. Yet it was for me,...

If at the end of the week's work, and on receiving his wages, he were...

If at the end of the week's work, and on receiving his wages, he were...

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

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

People who worship only themselves get a slick, polished look -- like monuments. Too bad...

People who worship only themselves get a slick, polished look -- like monuments. Too bad...

An inextricable relationship between the foolishness and the selfishness is like that of an egg...

An inextricable relationship between the foolishness and the selfishness is like that of an egg...

It is always easy to wake up a person who is fast asleep, but never...

It is always easy to wake up a person who is fast asleep, but never...

The selfishness must be discovered and understood before it can be removed. It is powerless...

The selfishness must be discovered and understood before it can be removed. It is powerless...

Two may keep counsel, putting one away

Two may keep counsel, putting one away

The one who loves the least, controls the relationship.

The one who loves the least, controls the relationship.

There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us.

There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us.

Foolishness is doing ignorantly something forbidden repeatedly by sages since ages, and Madness is doing...

Foolishness is doing ignorantly something forbidden repeatedly by sages since ages, and Madness is doing...

Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.

Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.