“Charity is really self-interest masquerading under the form of altruism.”
Anthony de Mello (1931–1987) Indian writer
"The masquerade of charity," p. 19
Awareness (1992)
“Altruism is masked self-interest. Aggressive self-interest is a masked urge to self-destruction.”
— Greg Bear, book The Forge of God
Source: The Forge of God (1987), Chapter 52 (p. 352)
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