Altruism Quote by Mason Cooley

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

All altruism springs from putting yourself in the other person's place.

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

[Altruism] is a moral system which holds that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that service to others is the…

— Ayn Rand

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

— Christina Stead

Altruism does not mean mere kindness or generosity, but the sacrifice of the best among men to the worst, the sacrifice of virtues to…

— Ayn Rand

The only justifiable stopping place for for the expansion of altruism is the point at which all whose welfare can be affected by our…

— Peter Singer

“Altruism holds that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that service to others is the only moral justification of his…

— Ayn Rand

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

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

— Max Beerbohm

Altruism is a hard master, but so is opportunism.

— Mignon McLaughlin

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