I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large hospital than expire in a gush of warm sympathy in a sma...ll one.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Successful socialism depends on the perfectibility of man. Unless all, or nearly all, men are high-minded and clear-sighted, it is... bound to be a rotten failure in any but a physical sense. Even through it is altruism, socialism means materialism. You can guarantee the things of the body to every one, but you cannot guarantee the things of the spirit to every one; you can guarantee only that the opportunity to seek them shall not be denied to any one who chooses to seek them.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The beginnings of altruism can be seen in children as early as the age of two. How then can we be so concerned that they count by ...the age of three, read by four, and walk with their hands across the overhead parallel bars by five, and not be concerned that they act with kindness to others?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »