Altruism Quote by Harry Emerson Fosdick

Altruism itself depends on a recognition of the reality of other persons, and on the equivalent capacity to regard oneself as merely one individual…

— Thomas Nagel

It often turns out on closer inspection that acts of apparent altruism are really selfishness in disguise.

— Richard Dawkins

At the core, our motives are always self-serving, Kate. Altruism is a fog created by sly minds seeking to benefit from the energy and…

— Ilona Andrews

The hospitable instinct is not wholly altruistic. There is pride and egoism mixed up with it.

— Max Beerbohm

Altruism is selfishness out with a pair of field glasses and imagination.

— Christina Stead

Altruism is innate, but it's not instinctual. Everybody's wired for it, but a switch has to be flipped.

— David Rakoff

Altruism is masked self-interest. Aggressive self-interest is a masked urge to self-destruction.

— Greg Bear

There is another kind of altruism that seems to go beyond that, a kind of super-altruism, which humans appear to have. And I think…

— Richard Dawkins

One of the fundamental demonstrations of our natural instinct to Bond with each other is a will to give. Rather than domination, our most…

— Lynne McTaggart

Of all the nonsense that twists the world, the concept of 'altruism' is the worst. People do what they want to, every time. If…

— Robert A. Heinlein

Altruism is for those who can't endure their desires. There's a world as ambiguous as a moan, a pleasure moan our earnest neighbors might…

— Stephen Dunn

I think there is a level of altruism that wants to help fellow human beings.

— Frank Grillo