Human history is the sad result of each one looking out for himself.

Human history is the sad result of each one looking out for himself.

The soul that is within me no man can degrade.

The soul that is within me no man can degrade.

It is very dangerous to have your self-worth riding on your results as an athlete.

It is very dangerous to have your self-worth riding on your results as an athlete.

The ruin of the human heart is self-interest, which the American merchant calls self-service. We have become a self-service populace, read more

The ruin of the human heart is self-interest, which the American merchant calls self-service. We have become a self-service populace, and all our specious comforts --the automatic elevator, the escalator, the cafeteria --are depriving us of volition and moral and physical energy.

I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.

I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.

One day I sat thinking, almost in despair; a hand fell on my shoulder and a voice said reassuringly: cheer read more

One day I sat thinking, almost in despair; a hand fell on my shoulder and a voice said reassuringly: cheer up, things could get worse. So I cheered up and, sure enough, things got worse.

A wise unselfishness is not a surrender of yourself to the wishes of anyone, but only to the best discoverable read more

A wise unselfishness is not a surrender of yourself to the wishes of anyone, but only to the best discoverable course of action.

To learn to get along without, to realize that what the world is going to demand of us may be read more

To learn to get along without, to realize that what the world is going to demand of us may be a good deal more important than what we are entitled to demand of it -- this is a hard lesson.

The force of selfishness is as inevitable and as calculable as the force of gravitation.

The force of selfishness is as inevitable and as calculable as the force of gravitation.