Altruism Quote by Ha-Joon Chang

Ordinarily, everything we do is in our self-interest. Everything.

— Anthony de Mello

We cannot doubt that self-interest is the mainspring of human nature. It must be clearly understood that this word is used here to designate…

— Frederic Bastiat

Self-interest is the most ingenious and persuasive of all the agents that deceive our consciences, while by means of it our unhappy and stubborn…

— William C. Bryant

“If you press people to identify the motives behind their self-interest it usually boils down to four items: money, power, status, and popularity.”

— Marshall Goldsmith

I think the most important is believing in yourself and being passionate about everything you do in life.

— Lisa Immordino Vreeland

I think a lot of self-importance is a product of fear. And fear, living in sort of an un-self-examined fear-based life, tends to lead…

— Moby

The main things which seem to me important on their own account, and not merely as means to other things, are knowledge, art, instinctive…

— Bertrand Russell

“The individual and social instincts,—the one a most potent factor for individual endeavor, for growth, aspiration, self-realization; the other an equally potent factor for…

— Emma Goldman

Self-importance is a trap, because the moment we start to think that we actually matter is the moment when things start to go wrong.…

— Tom Hodgkinson

Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.

— Henri Frederic Amiel

People acting in their own self-interest is the fuel for all the discovery, innovation, and prosperity that powers the world.

— John Stossel

My main interest is in the promotion of human values. From birth we have a sense of affection and some sense of concern for…

— Dalai Lama