"Body Pleasure and the Origins of Violence" (1975)
Context: When high self-needs are combined with the deprivation of physical affection, the result is self-interest and high rates of narcissism. Likewise, exhibitionistic dancing and pornography may be interpreted as a substitute for normal sexual expression.
“Personal analytics combined with social networks provide a high-tech mechanism for self-help and self-improvement.”
Facebook Nation: Total Information Awareness (2nd Edition), 2014
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Source: Radical Middle (2004), Chapter 2, "The Caring Person," pp. 17–18.
General System Theory (1968), 4. Advances in General Systems Theory

Source: Social Problems (1883), Ch. 21 : Conclusion
Context: I am firmly convinced, as I have already said, that to effect any great social improvement, it is sympathy rather than self-interest, the sense of duty rather than the desire for self-advancement, that must be appealed to. Envy is akin to admiration, and it is the admiration that the rich and powerful excite which secures the perpetuation of aristocracies.

“The never-ending task of self improvement.”

“Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement.”
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