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"Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself."
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"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 wrapped up in himself makes a very small parcel."
"Start thinking of your guilt as being selfish, because guilt blocks opportunities from arriving for those you care about and for you."
"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."
"It is humanly impossible to be selfless. As a matter of fact, human beings are inherently selfish."
"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."
"Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself."
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"Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere."
"Do not look back on happiness or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today do not let yourself be cheated out of it."
"Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either."
"If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all his thinking, damages his personality, makes him landlord to a ghost."
"Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause."
""I can forgive but I cannot forget" is only another way of saying "I will not forgive." Forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note-torn in two and burned up so that it never can be shown against one."
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