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"It is humanly impossible to be selfless. As a matter of fact, human beings are inherently selfish."
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"One is not necessarily made self-centered because he is foolish, but one is very often made foolish because he is self-centered."
"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)."
"Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself."
"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."
"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."
"A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small parcel."
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"Greed is a contagious mental illness without which civilization as we know it would not have been possible."
"You cannot be truly humble, unless you truly believe that life can and will go on without you."
"Life sometimes reminds us that it is sometimes heartless by giving something or someone we really need to someone who does not need or even want them or it."
"Some of the people we feel sorry for feel sorry for us for thinking that they are the ones who should be felt sorry for."
"If employment really cared about employees, people wouldn't have to work until retirement comes to their rescue."
"A truly compassionate man gives a poor woman a portion of his meal before he eats, not after he has eaten."
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