Animal Quote by Henri Frederic Amiel

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

Self-interest is not myopic selfishness. It is whatever it is that interests the participants, whatever they value, whatever goals they pursue. The scientist seeking…

— Milton Friedman

“THE HUMAN COMMUNITY has reached a critical point in its history. The world today forces us to accept that humanity is one. In the…

— Dalai Lama XIV

The instinct of interest is the universal instinct of mankind.

— Charles Macklin

The selfless love that we give to others, to the point of being willing to sacrifice our lives for them, is all the proof…

— Dean Koontz

self-interest usually brings injustice with it.

— Catherine the Great

Self-interest is an inexhaustible source of convenient illusions. The number of beings who wish to see truly is extraordinarily small.

— Henri Frederic Amiel

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

— Anthony de Mello

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

— John Stossel

You are One with everything. When you are clear about this, your definition of self-interest will change.

— Neale Donald Walsch

Self-interest is an ineffable feeling which shall follow us into God's very presence since they say there is a hierarchy even among the Holy…

— Honore de Balzac