Altruism
Regard for others, both natural and moral; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness; -- opposed to egoism or selfishness.
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Altruism Quotations
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject.
Ayn Rand
Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.
Richard Dawkins
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.
Aneurin Bevan
In brief, egoism in its modern interpretation, is the antithesis, not of altruism, but of idealism.
John Buchanan Robinson
Most men have always wanted as much as they could get; and possession has always blunted the fine edge of their altruism.
Katherine Fullerton Gerould
Altruism Translations
altruism in German is Altruismus {m}
altruism in Swedish is oegennytta, altruism
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