439. Appreciation, admiration and love
I appreciate myself not;    Therefore
I deserve more appreciation.
I admire myself not;
    Therefore
I deserve more admiration.
I love myself not;
    Therefore
I deserve more love.
    But, since
I love not God,
I deserve no love, no admiration,
No appreciation, nothing,
    Absolutely nothing.
Sri Chinmoy, The Dance of Life, part 9, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1973