I confess that altruistic and cynically selfish talk seem to me about equally unreal. With all humility  I think 'whatsoever thy hand findeth to do  do it with thy might ' infinitely more important than the vain attempt to love one's neighbour as one's self. If you want to hit a bird on the wing you must have all your will in focus  you must not be thinking about yourself  and equally  you must not be thinking about your neighbour  you must be living with your eye on that bird. Every achievement is a bird on the wing.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
ability, achievement