--- title: "5 Virtue Selflessness Quotes by 3 authors" description: "Browse 5 Virtue Selflessness quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Virtue Selflessness sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a7/anonymous-1_character_traditions-that-made-an-ideology-out-of_145591.jpg" --- > [“traditions that made an ideology out of the concept of Oneness created a morality that denigrated or made unreal the individual self…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/traditions-that-made-an-ideology-out-of-the-concept-of-oneness/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a7/anonymous-1_character_traditions-that-made-an-ideology-out-of_145591.jpg) > [“Love is blind, they say; sex is impervious to reason and mocks the power of all philosophers. But, in fact, a man’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/love-is-blind-they-say-sex-is-impervious-to-reason-and-mocks-the/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74b/ayn-rand-59_faith_love-is-blind-they-say-sex-is-impervious_452577.jpg) > [“Tell me what a person finds sexually attractive and I will tell you their entire philosophy of life. Show me the person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/tell-me-what-a-person-finds-sexually-attractive-and-i-will-tell-you/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/036/ayn-rand-59_character_tell-me-what-a-person-finds-sexually-att_1541101.jpg) > [Love is blind, they say; sex is impervious to reason and mocks the power of all philosophers. But, in fact, a person's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/atahar/love-is-blind-they-say-sex-is-impervious-to-reason-and-mocks-the-2/) [ATAHAR](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/atahar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/167/atahar-81184_about-sex_love-is-blind-they-say-sex-is-impervious_2168762.jpg) > [“Love is blind, they say; sex is impervious to reason and mocks the power of all philosophers. But, in fact, a person's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/love-is-blind-they-say-sex-is-impervious-to-reason-and-mocks-the-4/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b9/ayn-rand-59_love_love-is-blind-they-say-sex-is-impervious_3231151.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/virtue-selflessness/#itemlist", "name": "Virtue Selflessness Quotes", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“traditions that made an ideology out of the concept of Oneness created a morality that denigrated or made unreal the individual self with its individual interests. Any worldview that denies either the reality or importance of the individuated self ends up defining virtue as selflessness, which is achieved through self-sacrifice. 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