“So now we can build an unselfish society by devoting to unselfishness the frenzy we once devoted to gold and to underpants.”
“You want me to be unselfish? A vampire is selfish. We kill so that we can survive, that is the ultimate selfishness.”
“No matter how we suffer, we have an obligation to others. We have to be unselfish enough to try to live in the right way, so others can get through their own lives without us fouling them up.”
“... Why, it would really be being unselfish to go away and be happy for a little, because we would come back so much nicer.”
“The real drawback to marriage is that it makes one unselfish. And unselfish people are colourless. They lack individuality.”
“The Koran teaches that deeds of unselfish kindness will be rewarded in heaven. I’ve given you precious food and for this unselfishness I will find reward. But now I shall go further. I am going to give you work.”