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147 Altruism quotes by 101 unique authors

Altruism has always been one of biology's deep mysteries. Why should any animal, off on its own, specified and labeled by all sorts of signals… — Lewis Thomas
There's no such thing as altruism. — Andrew Tobias
If you look into their [chimpanzees] eyes, you know you're looking into a thinking mind. They teach us that we are not the only beings… — Jane Goodall
Wikipedia flourished partly because it was a shrine to altruism. — Nicholson Baker
One reason that a truth and reconciliation process is needed for group selection is to return to the simplicity of the original problem and Darwin's… — David Sloan Wilson
All the others arts are lonely. We paint alone--my picture, my interpretation of the sky. My poem, my novel. But in music--ensemble music, not soloism--we… — Catherine Drinker Bowen
Whatever is not nailed down is mine. What I can pry loose is not nailed down. — Collis Potter Huntington
One of the fundamental demonstrations of our natural instinct to Bond with each other is a will to give. Rather than domination, our most basic… — Lynne McTaggart
An altruist is one who would be sincerely sorry to see his neighbor's children devoured by wolves. — H. L. Mencken
Whenever anyone wants others to do their work they call upon their Altruism. 'Never mind your own needs,' they say, 'Think of the needs of...… — Andrew Ryan
Altruism is the root of all Wickedness — Andrew Ryan
Egoism , which is the moving force of the world, and altruism , which is its morality , these two contradictory instincts , of which… — Joseph Conrad
The youngest children have a great capacity for empathy and altruism. There's a recent study that shows even 14-month-olds will climb across a bunch of… — Alison Gopnik
Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish. — Richard Dawkins
Good character consists of recognizing the selfishness that inheres in each of us and trying to balance it against the altruism to which we should… — Alan Dershowitz
Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth. — Lillian Hellman
I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few. — Adolf Hitler
Smile, it's free therapy. — Douglas Horton
Be your own hero, it's cheaper than a movie ticket. — Douglas Horton
If the destination is heaven, why do we scramble to be first in line for hell? — Douglas Horton
The key to heaven's gate cannot be duplicated. — Douglas Horton
Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river. — Cordell Hull
Be polite to all, but intimate with few. — Thomas Jefferson
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other. — Ann Landers

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