In brief, egoism in its modern interpretation, is the antithesis, not of altruism, but of idealism.
Quotes about altruism (14 Quotes)
And in the development of mankind as a whole, just as in individuals, love alone acts as a civilizing factor in the sense that it brings a change from egoism to altruism.
They have done impossible things in impossible places. I think it's a great use of that altruism that is built into the Peace Corps. These are people who want to give of themselves.
Beware of altruism. It is based on self-deception, the root of all evil.
We propose this with great caution, ... The evidence, after all, only applies strongly to insects. Human altruism and tight-knit societies may well have evolved differently. But if it is true, it would help us understand the group aggression and warfare so widespread today. Those who study human biology and behavior should take a new look at this possibility.
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.
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.
As the biocentric view suggests, the garden prospers when control is balanced by equal measures of humility and benevolence. A balance is struck. Control, servitude, respect, imagination, pragmatism, an ecological conscience, compliance, and a certain measure of mysticism and altruism all meld together to provide nurturance. Try to separate the various aspects into their constituent parts grant any one of them the status of fundamental gardening definition and one soon skews the entire process. Put them back together again in the service of the twoway street called nurturance, and we express the state of grace called gardening.
Most men have always wanted as much as they could get; and possession has always blunted the fine edge of their altruism.
If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject.
Kevin convinced us that his motivation was one of pure altruism and that it was important to him to help a stranger in this way.
People of quite different ideological persuasions have come to endorse empathy and altruism. Liberals of course have traditionally supported social programs to care for the disadvantaged and, as highlighted by President Bush's 'compassionate conservative' self-labeling, many of those to the right also embrace altruism. Likewise, religious conservatives always have emphasized empathy and altruism as a part of Christian charity.
Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.
Every major horror of history was committed in the name of an altruistic motive. Has any act of selfishness ever equalled the carnage perpetrated by disciples of altruism.