Quote by Edward Dahlberg
The ruin of the human heart is self-interest, which the American m

The ruin of the human heart is self-interest, which the American merchant calls self-service. We have become a self-service populace, and all our specious comforts –the automatic elevator, the escalator, the cafeteria –are depriving us of volition and moral and physical energy. – Edward Dahlberg

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Always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter. Walt Disney Every decision you make is a mistake. – Edward Dahlberg

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Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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As selfishness and complaint pervert and cloud the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision. – Helen Keller

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Lovers never get tired of each other because they are forever talking about themselves. – Francois de la Rochefoucauld

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How a sickness enlarges the dimensions of a mans self to himself! He is his own exclusive object. Supreme selfishness is inculcated in him as his only duty, – Charles Lamb

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