"You make trouble for yourself where there is no trouble, because you are not right. You are unconsecrated. Your complaining, penurious spirit makes you unhappy and displeases God. During your life you have been looking out for yourself, seeking to make yourself happy. It is poor work, unprofitable business. The more you invest here the heavier will be the loss. The less stock you take in this business of serving yourself the greater will be the saving on your part. You are a stranger to disinterested, unselfish love, and while you see no special sin in the absence of this precious trait you will not be diligent to cultivate it. 2T 56.2"
"Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others."
The EGW passage criticizes the individual for being self-centered and not considering the needs of others, which directly contradicts the principle in Philippians 2:4 that encourages looking out for the interests of others.