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title: "5 Understand Selfish Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to because we may then at least have the chance to upset…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/let-us-understand-what-our-own-selfish-genes-are-up-to-because-we-may/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ede/richard-dawkins-115_because_let-us-understand-what-our-own-selfish-g_17966.jpg)

> [That's how you discover compassionate people, by the way they deeply understand others and not being selfish to create judgement about them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janelle-j/that-s-how-you-discover-compassionate-people-by-the-way-they-deeply/)

[Janelle J](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janelle-j/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af4/janelle-j-25551_compassion_that-s-how-you-discover-compassionate-pe_118143.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)

> [He was my hero, though it was probably for the wrong reasons. Because he could hit people harder than anyone else, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-hemingway/he-was-my-hero-though-it-was-probably-for-the-wrong-reasons-because/)

[Jack Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-hemingway/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e5/jack-hemingway-15377_children_he-was-my-hero-though-it-was-probably-fo_2358236.jpg)

> [I know I'm not a selfish player. People around me know I'm not a selfish player. I do everything I can to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carmelo-anthony/i-know-i-m-not-a-selfish-player-people-around-me-know-i-m-not-a/)

[Carmelo Anthony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carmelo-anthony/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/246/carmelo-anthony-5382_i-can_i-know-i-m-not-a-selfish-player-people-a_3134365.jpg)

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