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title: "8 Born Selfish Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/let-us-try-to-teach-generosity-and-altruism-because-we-are-born/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [We're all born with selfish desires, so we can all relate to those feelings in others. But kindness is something made individually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natsuki-takaya/we-re-all-born-with-selfish-desires-so-we-can-all-relate-to-those/)

[Natsuki Takaya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natsuki-takaya/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c0/natsuki-takaya-2962_be-kind_we-re-all-born-with-selfish-desires-so-w_1304686.jpg)

> [Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish. Let us understand what our own selfish genes are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/let-us-try-to-teach-generosity-and-altruism-because-we-are-born-2/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6db/richard-dawkins-115_altruism_let-us-try-to-teach-generosity-and-altru_2221696.jpg)

> [Be warned that if you wish, as I do, to build a society in which individuals cooperate generously and unselfishly towards a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/be-warned-that-if-you-wish-as-i-do-to-build-a-society-in-which/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8f/richard-dawkins-115_altruism_be-warned-that-if-you-wish-as-i-do-to-bu_2366071.jpg)

> [Being compassionate is an inborn characteristic. Humans are supposed to be born with compassion. But, evidently, in most cases, they are born…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chandrababu-vs/being-compassionate-is-an-inborn-characteristic-humans-are-supposed/)

[Chandrababu VS](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chandrababu-vs/)

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> [“Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are all born selfish.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/let-us-try-to-teach-generosity-and-altruism-because-we-are-all-born/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca4/richard-dawkins-115_altruism_let-us-try-to-teach-generosity-and-altru_2535513.jpg)

> [The more good I do, the more money has come in. You have to learn to give. You're not born to give.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-turner/the-more-good-i-do-the-more-money-has-come-in-you-have-to-learn-to/)

[Ted Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-turner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ba/ted-turner-2784_born_the-more-good-i-do-the-more-money-has-co_2543139.jpg)

> [“in that one glimpse of a better nature, born as it was in selfish thoughts, the rich man felt himself friendless, childless,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/in-that-one-glimpse-of-a-better-nature-born-as-it-was-in-selfish/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9f/charles-dickens-34_nature_in-that-one-glimpse-of-a-better-nature-b_3071582.jpg)

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