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“There is one element that is worth its weight in gold and that is LOYALTY. It will cover a multitude of weaknesses.”

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Philip Danforth Armour was an American industrialist born on May 16, 1832, and died on January 6, 1901. He was one of the founders of the Armour Meat Packing Company and had a profound impact on the meat processing and packaging industry in the United States. more

“But the most important lesson I have learned in my twenty years or research on morality is that nearly all people are morally motivated. Selfishness is a powerful force, particularly in the decisions of individuals, but whenever groups of people come together to make a sustained effort to change the world, you can bet that they are pursuing a vision of virtue, justice, or sacredness.”

Source: The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom

“Love . . . [is] a lack of personal selfishness.”

Love Love Is Selfish Selfishness

Author:Theodore M. Burton

“A free society that allows each individual to seek his or her own selfish ends (without deliberately trying to harm anyone else) will produce a state in which everyone's interest is optimized without any individual knowing in advance what that state might be.”

Trying Ends States Might Individual Interest Knowing Produce Individuality Harm Selfish Free Society Being Selfish

Author:Stuart Kauffman

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