Egotism

Men keep their possessions for their own enjoyment and do not share sufficiently with others the bounty received from God. Spring is thus changed into the winter of selfishness and egotism.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London, p. 82
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