We are all animals on the inside. We try to find significance because of our intelligence. We want to believe we are not just part of a cycle and that our life cycle will be more or less of our parents. Everyone rises and falls. We put significance in things that don't mean any. We put on fancy clothes, perfume, makeup, cologne, and deodorant so we can hide our true selves. We are all gross and disgusting on the inside, but we don't want to say that. We all are greedy and will find the best opportunity to put ourselves in. You might believe helping other's isn't selfish but believe me there is a reason you do it and it isn't because you just want to help others. It is to justify your existence, make your life feel like it is important, to tell yourself you have a need on this planet, to make sure you have an in with a group of people so that you can feel comforted, or just impress someone else. We hide and believe we aren't imperfect, we say we are imperfect so that other's won't try to figure out why we aren't imperfect. We don't even want ourselves to comprehend the simple fact that we are always thinking of ourselves because we are all animals on the inside and our main goal is to better our species.
If you truly believe you aren't selfish or that you are better than anyone of us scum, I don't blame you. We all have to create barriers in our lives to make things comfortable for ourselves. Just take a moment every once and a while to understand what barriers you might have created for yourself, and how that might be affecting your perspective on life.