“Do not be selfish and feel new people will take more of the teacher's attention and you won't get it. That's nonsense. With that attitude, you won't get it. The teacher sees that attitude and will have very little to do with you.” PeopleFeelsLittlesAttentionAttitudeTeacherBuddhismSelfishBuddhistNonsenseEtiquetteBeing Selfish Author:Frederick Lenz
“In view of the importance of philanthropy in our society, it is surprising that so little attention has been given to it by economic or social theorists. In economic theory, especially, the subject is almost completely ignored. This is not, I think, because economists regard mankind as basically selfish or even because economic man is supposed to act only in his self-interest; it is rather because economics has essentially grown up around the phenomenon of exchange and its theoretical structure rests heavily on this process.” ThinkingMenLittlesHas BeensSelfGivenSocialProcessInterestViewsAttentionEconomicSubjectsMankindTheoryEconomicsImportanceRegardStructureSelfishOur SocietyPhenomenonSurprisingPhilanthropyIgnoredEconomistTheoreticalSelf InterestTheoristsEconomic Theory Author:Kenneth E. Boulding
“A picture of human life such as a great artist can give, surprises even the trivial and the selfish into that attention to what is apart from themselves, which may be called the raw material of moral sentiment.” GivingHumansMayArtistAttentionMoralMaterialsSurpriseSelfishHuman LifeSentimentsGreat ArtGreat ArtistRaw Materials Book:The Essays of George Eliot: Top Novelist Focus Source: The Essays of George Eliot: Top Novelist Focus