Quote by Charles Lamb
How a sickness enlarges the dimensions of a mans self to himself!

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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Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it. – Doug Horton

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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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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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It’s Not All About You…Stay in the Game. Taking myself lightly means trading my self-absorption for connecting with others…it is really not all about you! One of our workshop participants relates to this principle in this way: Don’t make yourself more important than the situation. – Suzanne Mayo Frindt

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