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Selfishness beats altruism within groups. Altruistic groups beat selfish groups. Everything else is commentary. — David Sloan Wilson
All altruism springs from putting yourself in the other person's place. — Harry Emerson Fosdick
We cannot fight against collectivism, unless we fight against its moral base: altruism. We cannot fight against altruism, unless we fight against its epistemological base:… — Ayn Rand
There is a growing movement called effective altruism. It's important because it combines both the heart and the head. — Peter Singer
True happiness comes from having a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved by cultivating altruism, love and compassion, and… — Dalai Lama
The sun of truth rises in the human being and illuminates his world when he lifts his mind from the darkness of ignorance and selfishness… — Samael Aun Weor
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the creative light of altruism or the darkness of destructive selfishness. This is the judgment. Life's… — Martin Luther
Compassion is aptly summed up in the Golden Rule, which asks us to look into our own hearts, discover what gives us pain, and then… — Karen Armstrong
Some people automatically associate morality and altruism with a religious vision of the world. But I believe it is a mistake to think that morality… — Dalai Lama
The three values which men held for centuries and which have now collapsed are: mysticism, collectivism, altruism. Mysticism - as a cultural power - died… — Ayn Rand
[Altruism] is a moral system which holds that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that service to others is the sole… — Ayn Rand
Compassion, along with love, is the face of altruism. — Dalai Lama
Guilt is altruism's stock in trade, and the inducing of guilt is its only means of self-perpetuati on. — Ayn Rand
Will we rise to the challenge and prove our capacity for genuine altruism by ending our ruthless exploitation of the species in our power, not… — Peter Singer
That men, in reality, did not have friends in other men. That the fellowship of men, despite its joyous banter, old memories of exaggerated mischief… — Manu Joseph
All religion teaches the virtues of love, altruism and patience, while showing us how to discipline and transform ourselves to achieve inner peace and a… — Dalai Lama
The practice of altruism is the authentic way to live as a human being, and it is not just for religious people. As human beings,… — Dalai Lama
Force, governmental coercion, is the instrument by which the ethics of altruism - the belief that the individual exists to serve others - is translated… — Nathaniel Branden
The noblest relationship is marriage, that is, love. Its nobility resides in its altruism, the desire to serve another beyond all the pleasures of the… — John Fowles
The root of happiness is altruism - the wish to be of service to others. — Dalai Lama
A current pejorative adjective is narcissistic. Generally, a narcissist is anyone better looking than you are, but lately the adective is often applied to those… — Gore Vidal
A large part of altruism, even when it is perfectly honest, is grounded upon the fact that it is uncomfortable to have unhappy people about… — H. L. Mencken
Gratitude: An imaginary emotion that rewards an imaginary behavior, altruism. Both imaginaries are false faces for selfishness, which is a real and honest emotion. — Robert A. Heinlein
Human altruism which is not egoism, is sterile. — Marcel Proust
Altruism is one of the most fundamentally social impulses, and doing things for others without expecting anything in return is core to what makes us… — Joe Greene

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