Dalai Lama
Spiritual Leader
"Altruism is the best source of happiness. There is no doubt about that."
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Altruism
12 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Theologian
"All altruism springs from putting yourself in the other person's place."
Gore Vidal
Writer, Essayist, Playwright
"Altruism is a brief phase through which some adolescents must pass. It is rather like acne. Happily, as with acne, only a few are permanently scarred."
Nicholson Baker
Author
"Wikipedia flourished partly because it was a shrine to altruism."
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