“We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”
Franklin D. Roosevelt
“It would be in your best interest to refinance your home loan right now, making good use of the low interest rates. You would not want to be making high installment payments during an economic slowdown. It is just not sensible to do so.”
Zeng Han Jun
“People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.”
Thomas S. Szasz
“We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we now know that it is bad economics.”
“Deny Self for Self's sake”
Benjamin Franklin
“By self-interest, Man has become gregarious, but in instinct he has remained to a great extent solitary; hence the need of religion and morality to reinforce self-interest”
Bertrand Russell
“Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.”