"The pleasure or the benefit that the object of our deed derives from it is every now and then greater or even more important than the one we derive from the deed."
philosophy pleasure humor compassion humanity empathy mercy humour charity altruism selfish teresa sympathy selfishness satire advantage selflessness unselfishness selfless philosopher gene genie satirist benefit object mother-teresa nelson-mandela ghandi social-criticism genes mandela unselfish mahatma-ghandi