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"A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small parcel."
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"One's Use of Life', if turns into worldly selfishness is called adharma (irreligion), and if it turns into spiritual selfishness (towards true self) is called dharma (religion)."
"One is not necessarily made self-centered because he is foolish, but one is very often made foolish because he is self-centered."
"Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself."
"Start thinking of your guilt as being selfish, because guilt blocks opportunities from arriving for those you care about and for you."
"Inquisitor Lorsen's thin lip curled. 'There is truly nothing in you of what separates man from animal, is there? You are bereft of conscience. An utter absence of morality. You have no principle beyond the selfish.'Cosca's face hardened as he leaned forwards. 'Perhaps when you have faced as many disappointments and suffered as many betrayals as I, you will see it - there is no principle beyond the selfish, Inquisitor, and men are animals. Conscience is a burden we choose to bear. Morality is the lie we tell ourselves to make its bearing easier. There have been many times in my life when I have wished it was not so. But it is so."
"Man serves the interests of no creature except himself."
"A man who loves others based solely on how they make him feel, or what they do for him, is really not loving others at all - but loving only himself."
"Selfishness is never so exquisitely selfish as when it is on its knees. ... Self turns what would otherwise be a pure and powerful prayer into a weak and ineffective one."
"It is humanly impossible to be selfless. As a matter of fact, human beings are inherently selfish."
"A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small parcel."
Explore more quotes by John Ruskin
"Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance."
"Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books."
"Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever."
"In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it."
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