Quotes: Altruism
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In brief, egoism in its modern interpretation, is the antithesis, not of altruism, but of idealism.
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Most men have always wanted as much as they could get; and possession has always blunted the fine edge of their altruism.
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If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject.
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Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.
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I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large hospital than expire in a gush of warm sympathy in a small one.
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Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.
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