FastSaying

It is humanly impossible to be selfless. As a matter of fact, human beings are inherently selfish.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

altruismcharitycompassionempathygenegenesgenieghandihumanityhumorhumourimpossibilityimpossiblemahatma-ghandimandelamercymother-teresanelson-mandelaphilosopherphilosophysatiresatiristselfishselfishnessselflessselflessnesssocial-cr

Related Quotes

The pleasure or the benefit that the object of our deed derives from it is every now and then greater or even more important than the one we derive from the deed.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
advantagealtruismbenefit
Every single good person is a good person for their own sake, not for the sake of humanity, not even for the sake of another human being.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
altruismcharitycompassion
We are, or rather our natural desire to evade pain and to attain pleasure is, the primary reason we do or say every single thing we do or say.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
altruismcharitycompassion
No single bad person regards themselves as a bad person.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
altruismbadcharity
To label someone as selfless is symptomatic of having bought the preposterous claim that a human being can have great concern for other human beings and little concern for themselves, or that, when taken to extremes, a human being can have great concern for other human beings and absolutely no concern for themselves.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
altruismcharitycompassion