Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.

Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.

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.

One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.

One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.

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.

You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided to have it all for read more

You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided to have it all for yourself. And how much healthier your decisions are once they become entirely selfish.

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.

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.

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.