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It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes... we make mistakes because the read more
It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes... we make mistakes because the easiest and most comfortable course for us is to seek insight where it accords with our emotions - especially selfish ones.
Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.
Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.
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.
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
The one who loves the least, controls the relationship.
The one who loves the least, controls the relationship.
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.
Next to the very young, the very old are the most selfish.
Next to the very young, the very old are the most selfish.
All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.
All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.
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.