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Beware of those who are too focused with polishing and beautifying their outer shells. They lack true substance to understand that genuine beauty is reflected from the heart that resides inside.

The ego is what drives a self-serving individual who hates to admit they are wrong.

Giving away the very last peace of our heart is foolish! But if we keep it to ourselves might be selfish as well...so i think we should stay committed to the decisions and be flexible in our approach for a better result (Ejump,2017)

Oh God, please find it within your heart to grant me a heart that looks after itself only because it has first looked after others. And help me to realize that anything less is not a heart.

She also understood there was a hole in her heart where her son should be, that she was a wicked, selfish woman for wishing him back.

*Prostitution* is a euphemism for rape incidents that the victim and the economy profits from.

DOOR MONEY_ To focus on door money means one is paying so much attention to the amount of money they are making at the door they do not consider there is much more profit to be made inside a venue.

Neither turn to thy own way nor seek thy own gain. But inquire the good way's of God.

In some cases, it is the woman__ stomach__ot her heart__hat has left her man for another.

In many cases, it was the woman__ stomach__ot her heart__hat fell for her man.

A poetess is not as selfishas you assume.After months of agonising over her marriage of words__he bride__nd spaces__he groom,she knows that as soonas she has penned the poem,it__ yours to consume.So, without giving it a think,she blows on the inkand the letters fly awaylike dandelions on a windy day,landing on hands and lips, on hearts and hips.But more often than not,you can easily spotthem trodden and forgotten,becoming sodden and rotten.Yet, she will continue to makewhat__ others to takebecause selfishness is not the mark of a poetess.

We are, or rather our natural desire to evade pain and to attain pleasure is, the primary reason we do or say every single thing we do or say.

One of the greatest evils is the foolishness of a good man. For the giving man to withhold helping someone in order to first assure personal fortification is not selfish, but to elude needless self-destruction; martyrdom is only practical when the thought is to die, else a good man faces the consequence of digging a hole from which he cannot escape, and truly helps no one in the long run.

I am selfish by habit, but sacrificial by nature. Therefore, I__ be wise to develop the habit of following my nature.

I would never sabotage you, Mya._ He wiped away one of my stray tears with his fingertips. __f course, deep down I did want you to stay, but I had nothing but nice things to say about you. I even said they__ be foolish not to hire you, but__ __ut?_ I glared at him. __ut what?_ __ut if they thought the low-ass salaries they were offering were good enough for you, they needed to increase them exponentially or move along to someone else. I thought you deserved more._ __s that all?_ __o,_ he said, looking into my eyes. __ also needed to personally interview each of the CEOs myself. Needed to make sure each one was a good fit for you, and that whoever you worked for next was already married._ I opened my mouth to ask him if he was being serious, but he beat me to it. __es,_ he said, smirking. __es, I __eriously_ did need to do that._ __hat does the CEO being married have to do with anything, Michael? What if I have no interest in seeing you after I quit?_ __ou do, so we__e not even going to entertain that line of conversation._ He rolled his eyes. __f the CEO is already married, I won__ have to worry about __his_ happening at your next place of employment, and I can be somewhat less jealous._ __ow selfish of you._ I couldn__ believe him, but for some reason I couldn__ help the smile that was forming on my face.

Man is an extremely complex creature: he usually acts in an unselfish manner for selfish reasons.

I now know that deep within the human concept is something dark, selfish, and completely willing to do whatever is necessary to support the idea of humanity. Because that__ what it is, an idea. True humanity would never behave as we have behaved.

[On Schopenhauer in Black and White] Schopenhauer's views of love are flawed. Love can't be merely an illusion of the mind to aid in procreation, but the path to redemption for an otherwise violently selfish species. Past human greatness has proven that when challenged, love can overpower impulsive instinct, and in essence, the vilest aspects of our nature.