' The Traits of Humans '...

It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men,, kindness,, and generosity,, openness,, honesty,, understanding, and feeling,, are the concomitants, of failure in our system... And those traits we detest,, sharpness,, greed,, acquisitiveness,, meanness,, egotism, and self-interest,, are the traits of success... And while men, admire the quality of the first, they love the produce of the second. .................... John Steinbeck