Self Concern Quotes

“Compassion is the desire that moves the individual self to widen the scope of its self-concern to embrace the whole of the universe self.”
― Arnold J. Toynbee

“Where is it written that one should only care about big things?”
― David Brin, The Postman

“We should not allow ourselves to be deceived by our outward show of ‘civilized’ manners and ‘cultured’ social behavior into believing that self-concern, desirous attachment, aversion, and indifference are steadily losing their hold over us.”
― Stephen Batchelor