If tempted by something that feels 'altruistic,' examine your motives and root out that self-deception. Then, if you still want to do it, wallow in it!
Robert A. HeinleinA religion is a source of happiness and I would not deprive anyone of happiness. But it is a comfort appropriate for the weak, not for the strong--and you are strong. The great trouble with religion--any religion--is that the religionist, having accepted certain propositions by faith, cannot thereafter judge these propositions by evidence. One may bask at the warm fire of faith or choose to live in the bleak uncertainty of reason--but one cannot have both.
Robert A. HeinleinOne might define adulthood as the age at which a person learns that he must die ...and accepts his sentence undismayed.
Robert A. HeinleinLearn to say Noโand to be rude about it when necessary. Otherwise you will not have time to carry out your duty, or to do your own work, and certainly no time for love and happiness. The termites will nibble away your life and leave none of it for you.
Robert A. HeinleinAny government will work if authority and responsibility are equal and coordinate. This does not insure โgoodโ government, it simply insures that it will work. But such governments are rare โ most people want to run things, but want no part of the blame. This used to be called the โbackseat driverโ syndrome.
Robert A. Heinlein