08-03-2014, 04:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-03-2014, 04:58 PM by Adonai One.)
But I don't expect anything. I just get selfish pleasure from other people's pleasure.
Also, I am self-centered. There is only one self. All is one being, eh? The Law of One? All is the creator?
Also, I am self-centered. There is only one self. All is one being, eh? The Law of One? All is the creator?
Quote:A “selfless,” “disinterested” love is a contradiction in terms: it means that one is indifferent to that which one values. Concern for the welfare of those one loves is a rational part of one’s selfish interests.
If a man who is passionately in love with his wife spends a fortune to cure her of a dangerous illness, it would be absurd to claim that he does it as a “sacrifice” for her sake, not his own, and that it makes no difference to him, personally and selfishly, whether she lives or dies.
- Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness