The basic Aphor list and a sublist Aphor Charles Scamahorn 

1. It is impossible for selfish people to be happy because they always want more of what they don’t have and aren’t satisfied with what they do have.

2. Happiness is always in the present moment and can be briefly enjoyed, but selfishness is an enduring obsession that you can never satisfy.

3. Selfishness is theft because the selfish person intentionally takes more value than he gives.

4. It’s impossible to be selfish when alone on a deserted island because there is nothing to be stolen.

5. A corporation is an institution that transfers the guilt of selfishness to an abstract entity, legally defined as a person “who” has no feelings.

6. How can a selfish person be happy when they know they take things away from other people who would be more comfortable having them?

7. You can not reason with a selfish person because they must always win, and if that means to lie or cheat, it is the price they desire to pay.

8. A selfish man forges himself a chain by making himself into a slave chained by the fear of being exposed and deprived of suckers.

9. A selfish person is inevitably fearful and unhappy knowing he exists on stolen value and will be exposed instantly.

10. It is not selfish to pursue one’s self-interest, but it is to take away an opportunity from another person in the pursuit of their well-being.

11. Self-interest is at the core of evolution, and it is inevitable, but human self-interest must not be so excessive it deprives others of necessities.

12. It is good to have enough for one’s needs, but it’s immoral to indulge one’s insatiable wants by creating suffering in others.

13. It is foolish to be greedy, selfish, and hoarding; what good will gold coins do for you in the grave?

14. A selfish fool heaps up unspent money and piles of unread books, then watches TV.

15. Cultivating the habits of selfishness destroys habits of contentment.