Benevolence Quote by Yoon Ha Lee

“his very benevolence is selfish;”

— Walter Scott

“We are all very good at rationalizing our actions so that they are in line with our selfish motives.”

— Dan Ariely

“Selfishness may result in one's sense of superiority, but life as such will surely deny them.”

— Eraldo Banovac

“Living as I do with human beings, the more that I observe them, the more I am forced to conclude that they are selfish.”

— Natsume Sōseki

“Being selfish only benefits a few. Considering others benefits all of mankind.”

— Terraine Francois

“Selfishness leads to nothingness. Generosity and benevolence leads to great reward,” he explained.”

— J. W. Lord

“Few things are as destructive and limiting as a worldview that assumes people are mostly rational.”

— Scott Adams

“Don’t confuse selfishness and stupidity with malice. People seldom consider the consequences of their impulsive actions.”

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

“We must eliminate the individual tendency to selfishness that snares the soul, shrinks the heart, and darkens the mind.”

— Spencer W. Kimball

“reasonable people often have difficulty anticipating irrationality from unreasonable people.”

— Bobby Adair

“Selfishness is the unwillingness to give up your soul for the rehabilitation of your future.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

“If you do the right thing for selfish reasons, does that detract from the rightness of the act itself?”

— Edward Trimnell