Social Science … led us to the fallacy that, since all men have their being in culture and as a result of… — David Riesman Copy Share Image
“Never give up the freeness of your soul. Live your duty to mankind, nurture creatures of this world as a true mother… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
The secret dread of modern intellectuals, liberals and conservatives alike, the unadmitted terror at the root of their anxiety, which all of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“There are people who bring joy to our lives, but who fail to make us happy. They are the people for the… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
The more adept we become at cultivating an altruistic attitude, the happier we will feel and the more comfortable will be the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Religion decays, the icon remains; a narrative is forgotten, yet its representation still magnetizes.” — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
By breaking down our sense of self-importance, all we lose is a parasite that has long infected our minds. What we gain… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
“It is easier for an ambitious friend to become an enemy than for an enemy to become a friend. It is even… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Happiness is the main object of our aspirations, whatever name we give to it: fulfilment, deep satisfaction, serenity, accomplishment, wisdom, fortune, joy… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
All the others arts are lonely. We paint alone--my picture, my interpretation of the sky. My poem, my novel. But in music--ensemble… — Catherine Drinker Bowen Copy Share Image
In brief, egoism in its modern interpretation, is the antithesis, not of altruism, but of idealism. — John Buchanan Robinson Copy Share Image
Barring love and war, few enterprises are undertaken with such abandon, or by such diverse individuals, or with so paradoxical a mixture… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
What [Margaret Thatcher] made a play for was the acquisitive: our greedy nature. She set aside other things like an identification with… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
For thousands of years, human beings have been obsessed with beauty, truth, love, honor, altruism, courage, social relationships, art, and God. They… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Most people understand that sexual lust has to do with propagating genes. Copulation in nature tends to lead to reproduction and so… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“My illness helped me to see that what was missing in society is what was missing in me: a little heart, a… — Lee Atwater Copy Share Image
Altruism is a fine motive, but if you want results, greed works much better. — Henry Spencer Copy Share Image
“Before you call yourself a Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu or any other theology, learn to be human first.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Gratitude: An imaginary emotion that rewards an imaginary behavior, altruism. Both imaginaries are false faces for selfishness, which is a real and… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
... Don't mistake any of this for altruism...Fear and greed just doesn't work. If you want to be successful, quality and service… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
Pharmaceutical companies have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in new HIV/AIDS treatments not out of altruism but because they can make… — David Mixner Copy Share Image
No country or continent can open its borders to all comers without fundamentally weakening itself and this is the risk that the… — Tony Abbott Copy Share Image
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