“Compassion is the desire that moves the individual self to widen the scope of its self-concern to embrace the whole of the universe self.” SelfDesireUniverseIndividualCompassionEmbraceSelf Concern Author:Arnold J. Toynbee
“Where is it written that one should only care about big things?” SimplicitySelf Concern Book:The Postman Source: The Postman
“We should not allow ourselves to be deceived by our outward show of ‘civilized’ manners and ‘cultured’ social behavior into believing that self-concern, desirous attachment, aversion, and indifference are steadily losing their hold over us.” Self HelpBuddhismAttachmentSelf Concern Author:Stephen Batchelor