Famous quotes containing the words rational and/or selfishness:
“One rational voice is dumb: over a grave
The household of Impulse mourns one dearly loved.
Sad is Eros, builder of cities,
And weeping anarchic Aphrodite.”
—W.H. (Wystan Hugh)
“I can only say that I have acted upon my best convictions without selfishness or malice, and that by the help of God, I shall continue to do so.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)