Robert A. Heinlein Quotes About Altruism

Quotes about: Altruism

• Beware of altruism. It is based on self-deception, the root of all evil.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Self, Roots, Evil

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.233, Penguin

• Gratitude: An imaginary emotion that rewards an imaginary behavior, altruism. Both imaginaries are false faces for selfishness, which is a real and honest emotion.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Gratitude, Real, Selfishness

  Robert A. Heinlein (1988). “To Sail Beyond the Sunset”

• Of all the nonsense that twists the world, the concept of 'altruism' is the worst. People do what they want to, every time. If it pains them to make a choice - if the choice looks like a 'sacrifice' - you can be sure that it is no nobler than the discomfort caused by greediness... the necessity of deciding between two things you want when you can't have both.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Pain, Sacrifice, Two

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Stranger in a Strange Land”, p.241, Penguin

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