It's human nature to want to belong, to be liked, respected and valued, but not at the expense of your integrity and happiness.

希望获得认可、喜欢、尊重和重视，这是人之常情，但别以牺牲你的正直和幸福为代价。

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It is true that, as egos, we are all selfish and concerned about meeting our own needs at everyone else's expense. This is simply the nature of the ego thought system.

没错，若以小我而言，我们都是自私的，只关心于满足自己的需求，不惜牺牲他人，但这仅是小我思想体系的本质。

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If it is social harmony at the expense of harmony with nature, the environmental crisis will get worse.

如果社会和谐是以自然和谐为代价，那么环境危机将会日益严重。

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Our constant drive for selfish over-consumption at any cost, to benefit the few at the expense of the many and at the expense of Nature itself, is the real illness in our society that is causing all of this imbalance.

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But even as that century unfolded and adventurous artists increasingly emphasized the direct and the truthful at the expense of the ideal, others continued to make studies from nature only as preparation for carefully constructed studio paintings.

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Which brings us back to the aesthetic benefits of a gentle toasting at nature's expense.

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