There is a way of losing by gaining.
You can win an argument but lose a friend.
Though competition and promotion
I may advance in my profession,
but in terms of relationships I am impoverished.
My energies are so focused on efficiency and success that I haven’t time to grow emotionally
and to develop my capacity for relationships.
In one’s drive to attain power, a person may sacrifice friendship and loyalty, so much so that one ends up alone. Lord, let me never forget your haunting words: ‘What good will it do you to gain the whole world if you lose your soul?’