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“The ideal man, takes joy in doing favours for others; but he feels ashamed to have others do favours for him. For it is…

— Aristotle

There is a kind of grandeur and respect which the meanest and most insignificant part of mankind endeavor to procure in the little circle…

— Joseph Addison

“When one is always doing wrong to himself, what good can he do for others? Only the one who does good for himself, can…

— Dada Bhagwan

“He claimed that there was no greater natural advantage in life than having an enemy overestimate your faults, unless it was to have a…

— Mario Puzo

“Nobody does anything for the good of others; but as he pursues his own interests, he is brought to work unwittingly for the benefit…

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

“One may even have ‘greed’ for self-respect. Greed gives rise to circumstances. When circumstance arises, worldly life arises.”

— Dada Bhagwan

“And so when the whole man will be outside himself, and happy for no reason except that he is so outside himself, he will…

— Desiderius Erasmus

“The good are attracted by men’s perceptions and think not for themselves. You must cleanse the gates of vision by self-knowledge, by experience. Besides…

— Saul Bellow

“He loves us unconditionally, so He gives us the world…gives us so much…even our own will, hoping for the best. He expects nothing in…

— Michele Chynoweth

“Thus the good are unfailingly rewarded with their own virtue, and the wholesome consequences of their actions on society at large. And the bad…

— Kaiten Nukariya

“Now he understood that a man never knows for whom he suffers and hopes. He suffers and hopes and toils for people he will…

— Alejo Carpentier

“every individual can make himself happy. External goods are of trivial importance and without much influence in either direction: prosperity does not elevate the…

— Seneca