It is in fact the height of selfishness to merely consume what others create and to retreat into a shell of limited goals and immediate pleasures.

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It is in fact the height of selfishness to merely consume what others create and to retreat into a shell of limited goals and immediate pleasures. - Robert Greene

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It is in fact the height of selfishness to merely consume what others create and to retreat into a shell of limited goals and immediate pleasures. - Yvonne Nelson quotes