Eric Hoffer Quote

There is in even the most selfish passion a large element of self-abnegation. It is startling to realize that what we call extreme self-seeking is actually self-renunciation. The miser, health addict, glory chaser and their like are not far behind the selfless in the exercise of self-sacrifice.

Ch. 5: "The Readiness to Work" - The Ordeal of Change (1963)