“In today’s world, human desires far supersede human needs. Waste, as you can see, is the result of that disparity.” — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
Force, governmental coercion, is the instrument by which the ethics of altruism - the belief that the individual exists to serve others… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
“Only a fool would find happiness from an achievement that is detrimental to those he loves.” — Janvier Chouteu-Chando 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
“Altruism, a jargon word for what used to be called love, is worse than weakness, it is sin, a violation of nature.… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
Love is the most ethically consistent experience, because selfishness and altruism no longer seem opposed or in conflict. — Peter Breggin Copy Share Image
“Expose human ties for what they really are and you are most likely to find the worst forms of betrayal staring back… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
“We still need to give our best to life even if we do not understand the purpose of our existence on earth.” — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
There is a whole field of inquiry that has come up in the last 30 or 40 years - some call it… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“...only the dreamers of a dream are capable of translating their dreams into worthy practical endeavors that are devoid of haunting errors.… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
By means of shrewd lies, unremittingly repeated, it is possible to make people believe that heaven is hell - and hell heaven.… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
A gene might be able to assist replicas of itself that are sitting in other bodies. If so, this would appear as… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Will we rise to the challenge and prove our capacity for genuine altruism by ending our ruthless exploitation of the species in… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
If there is anything I have learned about men and women, it is that there is a deeper spirit of altruism than… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
The semimetaphysical problems of the individual and society, of egoism and altruism, of freedom and determinism, either disappear or remain in the… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
“...A canonical leader is someone whose exemplary rule might have appeared to be for the alleviation of the pains and miseries of… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
“Most of our brains are out, but it is good what they did for themselves by leaving this country. They are Cameroon’s… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
“No one would argue that we owe a debt of gratitude to the Goliath Corporation. They helped us to rebuild after the… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
“No one was interested in Malabo - this was why the people in the village must have suspected him of having a… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
“Not many musicians can get 10000 people to show up and help pay his back taxes, and when farmers are going broke… — Rich Hall Copy Share Image
One reason that a truth and reconciliation process is needed for group selection is to return to the simplicity of the original… — David Sloan Wilson Copy Share Image
“The Linux world behaves in many respects like a free market or an ecology, a collection of selfish agents attempting to maximize… — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
Whenever anyone wants others to do their work they call upon their Altruism. 'Never mind your own needs,' they say, 'Think of… — Andrew Ryan Copy Share Image
“Solidarity is not a matter of altruism. Solidarity comes from the inability to tolerate the affront to our own integrity of passive… — Aurora Levins Morales Copy Share Image
“... People who are the spices of this world are the natural souls with instincts and impulses that have not been pruned… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
“When somebody you love dies, a phase of life’s innocence dies with that person, and a part of you dies as well.” — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
“…the purpose of life is to nurture joy, which involves those aspects of humanity that enrich the soul.” — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
Real love is not based on attachment, but on altruism. In this case, your compassion will remain as a humane response to… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If you don't have altruism, inner strength, inner peace, attention, then it's a trauma. It makes a difficult life for you and… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
“Hold onto your creativity, that idealism that is rooted in some degree of innocence and a firm belief in something finer than… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
“Most poor people do not really aspire to end poverty; they merely aspire to escape it.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society. — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
I have often wondered whether a person is justified in neglecting his own family to fight for opportunities for others. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“The person who works for recognition devalues the work he does, that awards are first and foremost political instruments, that altruism's true… — David Marusek Copy Share Image
“We, humans, have come up with so many superficialities that are completely unnecessary for our existence and happiness on earth.” — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
“The basis of love that most people share is the intimacy they developed with their partners, the intensity of their attraction, or… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
“At the end of the day, developing goodness comes down to a simple question: Will this emotion, thought or action, increase or… — Gudjon Bergmann Copy Share Image
“Altruism is the kind of pie best eaten with a lot of gravy and little inspection of the kind of kidney it's… — M.T. Anderson Copy Share Image
“Most people have this tendency to make judgments on others based on preconceptions, especially when they are dealing with them for the… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
We, all of us, could do a much better job of evoking what someone has called the universal principle of human altruism:… — Bart Starr Copy Share Image
