Personal importance, or taking things personally, is the maximum expression of selfishness because we make the assumption that everything is about me. (Miguel Ángel Ruiz)

Personal importance, or taking things personally, is the maximum expression of selfishness because we make the assumption that everything is about me.

Miguel Ángel Ruiz

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