Human history is the sad result of each one looking out for himself.

The force of selfishness is as inevitable and as calculable as the force of gravitation.

I've given up reading books. I find it takes my mind off myself.

Selfishness, not love, is the actuating motive of the gallant.

If we were not all so excessively interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.

He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.

Know the Self as Lord of the chariot, the body as the chariot itself, the discriminating intellect as the charioteer, and the mind as the reins. The senses, say the wise, are the horses; selfish desires are the roads they travel.

If you think about yourself then you've lost sight of the ball.