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One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.
He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.
As selfishness and complaint pervert the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.
As selfishness and complaint pervert the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.
The human being who lives only for himself finally reaps nothing but unhappiness. Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don't put read more
The human being who lives only for himself finally reaps nothing but unhappiness. Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don't put off the joy derivable from doing helpful, kindly things for others.
Those who do not hate their own selfishness and regard themselves as more important than the rest of the world read more
Those who do not hate their own selfishness and regard themselves as more important than the rest of the world are blind because the truth lies elsewhere
Next to the very young, the very old are the most selfish.
Next to the very young, the very old are the most selfish.
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.
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.