Altruism Quote by Mason Cooley Download Open image “Altruism is for those who cannot endure their desires.” — Mason Cooley ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Altruism Desire Endure Generosity
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
All altruism springs from putting yourself in the other person's place. — Harry Emerson Fosdick Copy Share Image
[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 Copy Share Image
Altruism is selfishness out with a pair of field glasses and imagination. — Christina Stead Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The hospitable instinct is not wholly altruistic. There is pride and egoism mixed up with it. — Max Beerbohm Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Nostalgia keeps dissolving the ironic narratives in which I have contained my past. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Even the most abject have a sense of superiority based on powerful though undefined merits. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
My intentions go one way, my desires another. Thus I feel both self-indulgent and deprived. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
“It takes a female to have a baby, It takes a woman to raise a child, It takes a mother to raise them correctly,… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Some of our friends are our friends only because we used to be friends.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“...True classical dropouts in society are those who avoid difficult challenges and cling to the first opportunity that comes their way. They never test… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
“Take a stand that reflects the widest horizons of your soul if you don’t want to be a slave to external powers.” — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
One of the great issues in biology is the origin of altruism - of why you would do something for someone else that could… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Restoration ecology is experimental science, a science of love and altruism. In its attempts to reverse the processes of ecosystem degradation it runs exactly… — Stephanie Mills Copy Share Image
“Only a fool would find happiness from an achievement that is detrimental to those he loves.” — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
“…the purpose of life is to nurture joy, which involves those aspects of humanity that enrich the soul.” — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
Effective altruism is the form of altruism in which we bring our rational capacities to bear in order to do the most good that… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
“Societies and people that come close to being happy are those that do well in narrowing the disparity between their desires and their needs,… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
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