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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.
That man who lives for self alone, Lives for the meanest mortal known.
That man who lives for self alone, Lives for the meanest mortal known.
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.
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.
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.
Men are not against you; they are merely for themselves.
Men are not against you; they are merely for themselves.
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 one who loves the least, controls the relationship.
The one who loves the least, controls the relationship.