Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted. Votes: 2
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe hope the world will act in the spirit of enlightened self-interest. Votes: 2
Atal Bihari VajpayeeFriendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life. Votes: 2
James F. ByrnesIs it really true that political self-interest is nobler somehow than economic self-interest? Votes: 2
Milton FriedmanThe name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices. Votes: 2
Francois de La RochefoucauldVirtues lose themselves in self-interest, as rivers in the sea. Votes: 0
Francois de La RochefoucauldSelf-interest, be it enlightened, works indirectly for the public good. Votes: 0
William H. PrescottSelf-suppression is often necessary in the interest of truth and nonviolence. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiWe do not like to praise, and seldom praise anyone without self-interest. Votes: 0
Francois de La RochefoucauldCapital must be propelled by self-interest; it cannot be enticed by benevolence. Votes: 0
Walter BagehotAltruism is masked self-interest. Aggressive self-interest is a masked urge to self-destruction. Votes: 0
Greg BearHuman service is the highest form of self-interest for the person who serves. Votes: 0
Elbert HubbardLoyalty is in most people only a ruse used by self-interest to attract confidence. Votes: 0
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe must forget ourselves and all self-interest, and listen, and be attentive to God. Votes: 0
Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte GuyonThe warrior's nobility is like a prostitute's smile, the truth of which is self-interest. Votes: 0
Georges BatailleHappiness lies in making others happy, in forsaking self-interest to bring joy to others. Votes: 0
Paramahansa YoganandaMore things are left undone through neglect of duty than through neglect of self-interest. Votes: 0
Francois Alexandre Frederic, duc de la Rochefoucauld-LiancourtEach man must live as an end in himself and follow his own rational self-interest. Votes: 0
Ayn RandEvery nation makes decisions based on self-interest and defends them on the basis of morality. Votes: 0
William Sloane CoffinMy interest lies in my self-expression - what's inside of me - not what I'm in. Votes: 0
John TurturroMy interest lies in my self-expression -- what's inside of me -- not what I'm in. Votes: 0
John TurturroSuccessful organizing is not built on self-interest but rather on dignity and a sense of purpose. Votes: 0
Paul WellstoneProper business planning demands that you focus on the self-interest of the customer at all times. Votes: 0
Brian TracyAny act of injury done from self-interest, whether amounting to killing or not, is doubtless himsa. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiThe howl of self-interest is loud ... but the heart is black which throbs solely to its note. Votes: 0
Percy Bysshe ShelleyWe have an infinite capacity for self interest, yet the infinite has absolutely no interest in us Votes: 0
Dean CavanaghThe cloven-foot of self-interest was now and then to be seen aneath the robe of public principle. Votes: 0
John GaltBeware At war Or at peace, More people die Of unenlightened self-interest Than of any other disease Votes: 0
Octavia ButlerHow can a world be good in which Money is the moving power, and Self-interest the guiding star? Votes: 0
H. Rider Haggard