"How easy it is for generous sentiments, high courtesy, and chivalrous courage to lose their influence beneath the chilling blight of selfishness, and to exhibit to the world a man who was great in all the minor attributes of character, but who was found wanting when it became necessary to prove how much principle is superior to policy."

-- James F. Cooper

#Character Quotes #Men Quotes #Selfishness Quotes

“The second half of the '60s really was a kind of learning period, in terms of writing, for me.”
“If a girl comes to me first for a prom or a bar mitzvah and she likes the way she looks and her boyfriend likes the way she looks, she'll come back.”
“Anthropologists say that in every culture in history, children have played the game hide and seek.”

Source : Rob Brezsny (2005). “Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings”, p.88, Frog Books
“As we lose ourselves in the service of others, we discover our own lives and our own happiness.”
“The heaven of poetry and romance still lies around us and within us.”
“Flourishing is not a solo endeavor.”

Source : Barbara Fredrickson (2010). “Positivity”, p.158, Oneworld Publications
“In my day we used to have pray to run into an ex looking great, but now you just post a selfie in your underwear.”
“At least eighty percent of millionaires are self-made. That is, they started with nothing but ambition and energy, the same way most of us start.”

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