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All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the terms of it fair.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

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All Sensible People Are Selfish, And Nature

Ralph Waldo Emerson

All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the terms of it fair.

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It is important that when pursing our own self-interest we should be 'wise selfish' and not 'foolish selfish'. being foolish selfish means pursuing our own interests in a narrow, shortsighted way. being wise selfish means taking a broader view and recognizing that our own long-term individual interest lies in the welfare of everyone. being wise selfish means being compassionate.

That was the funniest thing i'd heard in days. you're kidding, right? please tell me you have a stronger motive for me than 'fair is fair.' life isn't fair, dean....nothing is fair, ever. that's the stupidest thing i've ever heard. i need to help you because fair is fair? try, 'i need you to help me so i won't rip out your spine and beat you with it.' i might respond to that. maybe.

I wasn't good enough for abnegation," i say, "and i wanted to be free. so i chose dauntless." "why weren't you good enough?" "because i was selfish." i say. "you were selfish? you aren't anymore?" "of course i am. my mother said that everyone is selfish," i say, "but i became less selfish in dauntless. i discovered there were people i would fight for. die for, even.

Is it fair for the bears to come down to where humans live, looking for food? is it fair for the duke's soldiers to shoot at them? is it fair for the bears to crush them with giant snowballs? often, if you point out something that isn't fair, someone will reply, "life isn't fair." what is to be done with such people?

I have a 10 year old at home, and she is always saying, 'that's not fair.' when she says that, i say, "honey, you're cute; that's not fair. your family is pretty well off; that's not fair. you were born in america; that's not fair. honey, you had better pray to god that things don't start getting fair for you.

We are nature. we are nature seeing nature. we are nature with a concept of nature. nature weeping. nature speaking of nature to nature.

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