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“Prayer is not about asking what you want, but what God wants.”

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“One of my confreres sketched an explanation that attracted me: since the process of digestion is under the control of the brain, its cessation gave repose to the brain, allowed it a vacation.”

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Book:Aimer le jeûne

Source: Aimer le jeûne

“An obese ego is just about the heaviest thing you’ll ever carry. So maybe you should stop feeding it.”

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“It's not in the interests of the self-serving government to educate the masses to the point where they are smart enough to see through the bullshit - because then people will be too smart to vote for them again.”

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Author:Christina Engela

“We're all self-serving.' Camilla shrugged. 'It's just a matter of what we do to others in service of ourselves.”

Book:After the Wedding

Source: After the Wedding

“To argue a moral position convincingly these days requires that one speak to (and not depart from) people's love of material well-being, their fascination with efficiency, or their fear of death.”

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Book:The Whale and the Reactor: A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology

Source: The Whale and the Reactor: A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology

“I don't like people being taken advantage of. It really bothers me at my core.”

Inspirational Self Serving

Author:Bob Palmer

“The question: ‘At what point is my ego finally satisfied?’ The answer: ‘At no point’. And that is the point.”

Ego Selfish Satisfied Sufficient Selfless Narcissistic Needy Self Sacrifice Self Serving Point

Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough

“If I only let God do for me what I do for me, I have made God me. And if I have made God me, I don’t have God or me.”

God Christian Jesus Ego Arrogant Me Self Serving Myself Prideful

Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough

“A theory is like medicine (or government): often useless, sometimes necessary, always self-serving, and on occasion lethal. So it needs to be used with care, moderation and close adult supervision.”

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Book:The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

Source: The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

“He had wanted to be a soldier and was well suited to be one. But a soldier is a pawn in the hands of the ruler and the rulers of his land were idle and self-serving persons, he had started to convince himself now”

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Book:The Thugs & a Courtesan

Source: The Thugs & a Courtesan