But is the act selfless if you expect something in return?
The larger self, in contrast, is considered to be our best self, our most selfless self-our enlightened self.
If you have the right genes and are selfless, optimistic and active but still find yourself down in the dumps, just give it some time.
Love should be a kind of loyalty and selfless giving, a brave and fearless expression. This is our right as a human being. We must not play it alone.
Volunteer work should not be entirely selfless.
In other words there can be no conflict between selfish behavior and selfless behavior.
Please don't feel betrayed when I say, among you, there isn't a single selfless person without a bias.
As a grateful Nation, we forever carry the selfless sacrifice of our fallen heroes in our hearts, and we share the task of caring for those they left behind.
I have to admit that they are not entirely selfless.
Xanana thanks China for its selfless assistence and support to East Timor in its independence process.
A new study of these primates in the wild suggests that they are far more selfless than scientists have given them credit for, though some researchers have their doubts.
Friendship is precious because true friendship is selfless.
He said, over the years, China has given great understanding to Nepal's efforts in defending national sovereignty and safeguarding national dignity and provided Nepal selfless help.
This is white, a selfless color.
A conventional story would have set up Roark's "selfless devotion to his art" against Keating's "grasping, selfish careerism." Rand reverses this expectation.
Besides, China has provided selfless assistance to help the people in Darfur living in poverty.
Fearlessness stems from selflessness.; Only the selfless can be fearless.
If you scratch my back, then I scratch yours - no matter how much later - that's not selfless either.
She is a selfless girl.
Such cadres and leaders must be free from selfishness, from individualistic heroism, ostentation, sloth, passivity, and sectarian arrogance, and they must be selfless national and class heroes; such are the qualities and the style of work demanded of the members, cadres and leaders of our Party.
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