Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.
Man is a willful and covetous animal, who makes use of his intellect to satisfy his inclinations, but who cares nothing for truth, who rebels against personal discipline, who hates disinterested thought and the idea of self-education. Wisdom offends him, because it rouses in him disturbance and confusion, and because he will not see himself as he is.
If man was what he ought to be, he would be adored by the animals.
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