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“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.”

“A selfish basis would not serve the purpose of taking a man higher and higher along the paths of evolution.”

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Book:Collected Works

Source: Collected Works

“The only way your powers can become great is by exerting them outside the circle of your own narrow, special, selfish interests. And that is the reason of Christianity. Christ came into the world to save others, not to save himself; and no man is a true Christian who does not think constantly of how he can lift his brother, how he can assist his friend, how he can enlighten mankind, how he can make virtue the rule of conduct in the circle in which he lives.”

Source: Selected Addresses and Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson

“I believe in aliens. I think it would be way too selfish of us as mankind to believe we are the only lifeforms in the universe.”

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Author:Demi Lovato

“Remember that the best and greatest among mankind are those who do themselves no worldly good. Every successful man is more or less a selfish man. The devoted fail.”

Men Remember Successful Failing Mankind Selfish Devoted Worldly Successful Man Selfish Men

Book:Jude the Obscure: Works of Hardy

Source: Jude the Obscure: Works of Hardy