self-pity...

Sometimes we find satisfaction in self-pity.

The reason is that it is our nature to find
satisfaction in love;

and when we are confined
to ourselves we begin to love ourselves,

and
then self-pity arises because we feel our
limitation.

But the love of self always brings
dissatisfaction,

for the self is not made to be
loved; the self is made to love.

The first
condition to love is to forget oneself.

-Hazrat Inayat Khan

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Hazrat Inayat Khan
Mastery Through Accomplishment
Omega Press, 1978