1234. WHAT IS SIGNIFIED BY WANTING TO BE THE LEAST, AND THAT SUCH A ONE IS THE GREATEST It can be evident from many things how the case is with regard to this, for one ought not to desire to be least in order to become the greatest, for then he aspires and desires to become the greatest. But what is meant can appear from this, namely, that from the heart one wills better to others than to oneself, so that he wills to yield the better things to others, and to serve them for the sake of their happiness from no end of self, but from love.