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“My views on charity are very simple. I do not consider it a major virtue and, above all, I do not consider it a moral duty. There is nothing wrong in helping other people, if and when they are worthy of the help and you can afford to help them. I regard charity as a marginal issue. What I am fighting is the idea that charity is a moral duty and a primary virtue.”

Source: The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z

“First, let us be Gods, and then help others to be Gods. "Be and make." Let this be our motto. Say not man is a sinner. Tell him that he is a God. Even if there were a devil, it would be our duty to remember God always, and not the devil.”

Ifs Men Firsts Helping Motivational Would Be Remember Duty Devil Helping Others Sinner Motto

Book:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

“Our supreme duty is to advance toward freedom - physical, mental, and spiritual - and help others to do so.”

Helping Spiritual Duty Helping Others Supreme

Author:Swami Vivekananda

“The duty of helping one's self in the highest sense involves the helping of one's neighbors.”

Giving Self Helping Kindness Duty Highest Neighbor Helping Others Public Service

Book:Self-help: With Illustrations of Characters, Conduct, and Perseverance

Source: Self-help: With Illustrations of Characters, Conduct, and Perseverance

“Whoever survives a test, whatever it may be, must tell the story. That is his duty.”

May Stories Duty Survival Tests Helping Others

Author:Elie Wiesel

“I came to realize that life lived to help others is the only one that matters and that it sis my duty ... This is my highest and best use as a human.”

Life Humans Matter Helping Use Realizing Duty Highest Helping Others

Author:Ben Stein