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“Sri Yukteswar used to poke gentle fun at the commonly inadequate conceptions of renunciation."A beggar cannot renounce wealth," Master would say. "If a man laments: 'My business has failed; my wife has left me; I will renounce all and enter a monastery,' to what worldly sacrifice is he referring? He did not renounce wealth and love; they renounced him!"Saints like Gandhi, on the other hand, have made not only tangible material sacrifices, but also the more difficult renunciation of selfish motive and private goal, merging their inmost being in the stream of humanity as a whole.”

Source: Autobiography of a Yogi

“Human vanity cherishes the absurd notion that our species is the final goal of evolution.”

Humans Goal Evolution Species Notion Finals Selfish Absurd Vanity Cherish Selfish Gene

Book:The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design

Source: The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design

“Gaining control over your health and well-being is one of those times in your life that you get to be completely selfish and not feel bad about it. If you want to meet your goals, you have to make it about you. You have to make it work for you and you alone. Anything less is a setup for failure.”

Ifs Want Feels Wells Goal Health Selfish Well Being Over You Healthy Living Healthy Lifestyle Take Care Of Yourself Health And Fitness Setups

Author:Jennifer Hudson

“Courage... is not a selfish attribute: it is only possible if you are pursuing a wider and more worthy goal.”

Ifs Goal Worthy Selfish Attributes

Author:Ted Malloch

“Before our eyes we have the results of ideologies such as Marxism, Nazism and fascism, and also of myths like racial superiority, nationalism and ethnic exclusivism. No less pernicious, though not always as obvious, are the effects of materialistic consumerism, in which the exaltation of the individual and the selfish satisfaction of personal aspirations become the ultimate goal of life. In this outlook, the negative effects on others are considered completely irrelevant.”

“Your unhappiness doesn't help anyone else - and in fact, as I mentioned in another answer, happy people are more altruistically inclined. So happiness is not a selfish goal.”

People Facts Helping Goal Answers Selfish Unhappiness Happy People

Author:Gretchen Rubin

“If one's cause is supported by sound reasoning, there is no point in using violence. It is those who have no motive other than selfish desire and who cannot achieve their goal through logical reasoning who rely on force.”

Ifs Desire Force Causes Sound Goal Violence Achieve Selfish Rely Motive Reasoning Logical No Point Selfish Desire Logical Reasoning

Book:Imagine All the People: A Conversation with the Dalai Lama on Money, Politics, and Life As It Could Be

Source: Imagine All the People: A Conversation with the Dalai Lama on Money, Politics, and Life As It Could Be

“If your selfish goal will be useful to humanity, then let your selfish goal be triumphant!”

Ifs Humanity Goal Selfish Triumphant

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan