“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.”

“To be fully human has little to do with always being the centre of attention, getting your way and having all your ambitions met. To be fully human is to be like Christ, to 'count others better than yourselves' (Phil 2:13)...It takes rare strength to treat others as more important than yourself.”

“I became a lawyer for selfish reasons. I thought I could do a lawyer’s job better than any other.”

“Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others.”

“Those with no dreams of their own, can do nothing better, than to try to destroy the dreams of others.”

“Because there is nothing here than invites us to cherish unhappy lovers. Nothing is more vain than to die for love. What we ought to do is live.”