"A truly compassionate man gives a poor woman a portion of his meal before he eats, not after he has eaten."

"Most good people are not good people every day all day long."

"We sometimes give someone something they need, with the subconscious hope that that will increase the chances of life giving us something we want."

"Broken people have an irresistible urge to try to ‘fix’ the world."

"Like philanthropy, charity is the deceptive art of making others happy, or less unhappy, in order to make yourself happy, or happier."

"A hand gets way cleaner from washing, not itself, but the other hand."

"There is no such thing as selflessness. There are only fair and unfair selfishness."

"We pray for others mainly or even only for ourselves."

"Putting someone before yourself is possible only if that is done literally."

"It is not only every man for himself but also every man for some men for himself."