In fact the most debilitating symptom of depression is when life no longer produces anything that can free its victim from the dead weight of selfish self-consciousness.

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What we really want is not selfish self-consciousness but selfless spontaneity, and the reason why purpose is so motivating is it draws us up and out of ourselves to a place where we escape our petty prison of selfishness.

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Some Masters of the Universe have such rotten hubris, such selfish, self-aggrandizing drives they act like primitive warriors from a more violent time.

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She then measures various metrics such as persistence at difficult tasks, self-reliance, and selfish inclinations.

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The Great Before, goes the myth, was a time of peace, plenty and triviality, when we coasted in blissful self-absorption, drunk on day trading, egged on by a selfish, amoral popular culture.

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The aristocracy might be selfish and sometimes cruel, but it's also witty, cultivated, mannerly and effortlessly elegant and self-assured.

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