An altruist is one who would be sincerely sorry to see his neighbor's children devoured by wolves. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Guilt is altruism's stock in trade, and the inducing of guilt is its only means of self-perpetuati on. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Friendship is that form of altruism that takes its strides faster than anything else does.” — Deepak Rana Copy Share Image
“In dealing with others, man is inherently a slave to his preconceptions, to the stereotypes he became familiar with that made life… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
“We always emerge from the death of a loved one like a phoenix arising from its funeral pyre.” — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
“It is not something we often find out; but most of the specially-gifted have a deep desire to be ordinary.” — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
Selfishness beats altruism within groups. Altruistic groups beat selfish groups. Everything else is commentary. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, our pride compels us to engage in costly wars when a true commitment to a compromising peace would have been the… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
Compassion is aptly summed up in the Golden Rule, which asks us to look into our own hearts, discover what gives us… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
Which is more subversive-and corrosive-to believe in altruism or to see it simply as a cloak of self interest? Even if altruism… — Frank Prochaska Copy Share Image
Is it not the interest of the human race, that every one should be so taught and placed, that he would find… — Robert Owen Copy Share Image
Love is not feeling, child, nor even the passion of lovers, which always seeks only its own gratification. It is the act… — Patricia Duncker Copy Share Image
I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Male writers who never find the stabilizing force of an understanding woman in their lives usually end up as the jaded figures… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
“...Never opt for war, no matter how simple it may seem, especially when you know that peace is achievable, even if achieving… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
“If you were born with the ability to change someone’s perspective or emotions, never waste that gift. It is one of the… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
If a man speculates on what 'society' should do for the poor, he accepts thereby the collectivist premise that men's lives belong… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“I don't really care if people forget me. My legacy wasn't about me. It was about everything I could do for another.… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
The noblest relationship is marriage, that is, love. Its nobility resides in its altruism, the desire to serve another beyond all the… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
“ Sounds Is Love of All, the World Sounds create soulful existence, When the oceans tide, it is sound; When fervency of… — John Shelton Jones Copy Share Image
“Altruism, compassion, empathy, love, conscience, the sense of justice—all of these things, the things that hold society together, the things that allow… — Robert Wright Copy Share Image
“More often than not, people who are obsessed with their desires and feelings are generally unhappier in life vs. people that refocus… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Traumatic events destroy the sustaining bonds between individual and community. Those who have survived learn that their sense of self, of worth,… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
“Altruism holds that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that service to others is the only moral justification… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The sun of truth rises in the human being and illuminates his world when he lifts his mind from the darkness of… — Samael Aun Weor 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
Before Darwin, our world was very religious. People saw altruism as something given by God for us to be good so that… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
A large part of altruism, even when it is perfectly honest, is grounded upon the fact that it is uncomfortable to have… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“They are surprised that he did it, though, which shows you that the male mind expects very little in the way of… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Free markets and capitalism are predicated upon the definition of greed as altruistic in economics". ~R. Alan Woods [2012]” — R. Alan Woods Copy Share Image
“Singers, actors or artists who touch on sorrow are trying to give comfort to aggrieved souls by giving some meaning to their… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
I have spent over 50 years preaching and teaching the values of peace, mutual respect and altruism. — Fethullah Gulen Copy Share Image
“What is the purpose of achieving your dream if the people you had dreamed your achievements for are no longer there to… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
“Feelings, rationale and values are the top qualities that make a person exceedingly human.” — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
True leadership is found in giving yourself in service to others, not in coaxing or inducing others to serve you. — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
“Who is a Jew? A person whose integrity decays when unmoved by the knowledge of wrong done to other people.” — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
“It takes a female to have a baby, It takes a woman to raise a child, It takes a mother to raise… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Many of our moments of prosociality, of altruism and Good Samaritanism, are acts of restitution, attempts to counter our antisocial moments. — Robert Sapolsky Copy Share Image
The most popular form of altruism is giving to others the advice you cannot use yourself. — Evan Esar Copy Share Image
“There is no bigger gratification than the realization of the things you believe in after overcoming all the odds.” — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
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