Character Quote by Craig Biddle

“Rational self-interest is always what morality boils down to.”

— Rebecca Goldstein

“How we interact in our world that we inhabit determines how much happiness human beings enjoy. The ego guides human beings in performing their…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Ego focuses on one’s own survival, pleasure, and enhancement to the exclusion of others; ego is selfishly ambitious. It sees relationships in terms of…

— Robert K. Greenleaf

What is central to morality is rational self-constraint (acting from duty), in cease where there is no other incentive to do your duty except…

— Allen W. Wood

Self-interest, or rather self-love, or egoism, has been more plausibly substituted as the basis of morality.

— Thomas Jefferson

Generally speaking, ego isn't a good thing. Humility is the most important quality in a human being.

— John Barnes

While rationalism at the individual level is a plea for more personal autonomy from cultural norms, at the social level it is often a…

— Thomas Sowell

“To preach an altruistic morality appears to me somewhat useless, because it will appeal only to those who already have altruistic desires. But to…

— Bertrand Russell

“Morality means sacrificing your personal interest for the interest of the group and being immoral means keeping the interest of the self above the…

— Awdhesh Singh

“The ‘egoism’ that is used to hurt others will hurt one’s own self. The ‘egoism’ that is used to give happiness to others becomes…

— Dada Bhagwan

A moral person is one who constantly exercises, and acts on, his best rational judgment.

— Barbara Branden

It's good to have a healthy ego because that pushes you to succeed. But when you cross a line, and your views are not…

— Judy Smith