When you try to alleviate your own suffering and help your own needs they call you selfish.
“When you try to alleviate your own suffering and help your own needs they call you selfish.”
The theme that runs through his email is a very selfish one. He’s extremely concerned about his need and desire to be seen (by himself and others) as a “good person”.
From the article - “To attain a pureness of spirit I must never stop working to improve myself.”
There is no such thing as altruism - everything anyone does, he does to satisfy a personal need. The fact that that need is not materialistic doesn’t mean it’s not selfish.
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/sacrifice.html