Anything you do solely for your personal satisfaction cannot be lasting.

 "Anything you do solely for your personal satisfaction cannot be
lasting. You may get what you want, but it will eventually
rebound on you. You think you are grasping it securely, and then
it escapes. You thought it was gold, and now it has turned to
lead. Cosmic Intelligence wants to teach humans and so does not
allow them to succeed in their selfish endeavours. So why, you
will say, does it allow them a modicum of success if they are
soon to lose what they have acquired? Because it wants them to
really ponder the lesson and understand what is worth seeking,
what is worth working at.
And what is worth working at is the idea of universal
brotherhood. If you love this idea, if you are faithful to it and
nourish it and focus all your willpower on achieving it, being
true gold it will fulfil your heart and soul forever."


Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov