4596. The only answer
Self-denial is not and cannot beThe cure for selfishness,
For self-denial in itself
Is unconscious, if not pretentious,
Selfishness.
Self-denial is not life’s satisfaction.
Self-acceptance for self-transcendence
Is the answer,
The only answer.
Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 46, Agni Press, 1982
