An individual has not begun to live until he can rise above the narrow horizons of his particular individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of allhumanity. And this is one of the big problems of life, that so many people never quite get to the point of rising above self. And so they end up the tragic victims of self-centeredness. They end up the victims of distorted and disrupted personality. … These are the people who cannot face disappointments. These are the people who cannot face being defeated. These are the people who cannot face being criticized. These are the people who cannot face these many experiences of life which inevitablycome because they are too centered in themselves.
