Altruism Quote by Martin Luther

Doing nothing for others is the undoing of one's self. We must be purposely kind and generous, or we miss the best part of…

— Horace Mann

“I have nothing to do with others, I am only concerned with myself. I take advantage of the fact that the majority of mankind…

— W. Somerset Maugham

If you want to be wisely selfish, care for others

— Dalai Lama

Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others.

— Ouida

Is this what you have in mind,' I asked the Dalai Lama, 'when you say in teachings that the buddhas and bodhisattvas of the…

— Anonymous

We are selfish when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good for ourselves. We are altruistic when we are exclusively or predominantly…

— Mortimer Adler

What you do for yourself is fleeting and dies with you. What you do for others has unending benefit and is eternal.

— Jerold Panas

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

— Richard Dawkins

I don't want to eke out my life like a resource in short supply. The only selfish life is a timid one. To hold…

— Jeanette Winterson

Every action that we take has some motivation of either being selfish or altruistic. All that adds up.

— Adam Yauch

Work, especially if you're lucky in what you do, is one of the great pleasures of life, but - like all pleasures - it…

— Peter Hitchens

There are points in your life, especially if you have creative ambitions, where selfishness is necessary.

— Kris Kristofferson