Being generous Quote by Robert A. Heinlein

Be warned that if you wish, as I do, to build a society in which individuals cooperate generously and unselfishly towards a common good,…

— Richard Dawkins

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

— Max Beerbohm

Selfish genes actually explain altruistic individuals, and to me that's crystal-clear.

— Richard Dawkins

Granted, we may try to help our own family members because they share our DNA. Or help someone else in expectation that they will…

— Richard Dawkins

There's a lot of evidence in evolutionary sciences that show that altruism and acting in ways that are empathetic to others are actually beneficial…

— Neill Blomkamp

You can't assume that kindness is an inherited trait. It is learned behavior.

— Katie Couric

“Being generous often consists of simply extending a hand. That's hard to do if you are grasping tightly to your righteousness, your belief system,…

— Patti Digh

If you want to be a generous giver, you have to watch out for selfish takers.

— Adam Grant

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

— Christina Stead

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

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

— Richard Dawkins

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