Quotes About Altruism

Cultivating the habit of good deeds will not only affect those around us, it will improve our own emotional well being.

We think of kindness as an emotional quality, but it's also an act of imagination, of extending yourself beyond yourself, of feeling what you do not feel innately by invoking it.

The essence of community, its heart and soul, is the non-monetary exchange of value; things we do and share because we care for others, and for the good of the place.

Cinta yang sampai di titik tertentu akan mengaburkan ego. Kebahagiaan istrinya berarti kebahagiaannya. Begitu pun dengan kesengsaraan.

The third component of the Law of Dharma is service to humanity--to serve your fellow human beings and to ask yourself the questions,"How can I help? How can I help all those that I come into contact with?" When you combine the ability to express your unique talent with service to humanity, then you make full use of the Law of Dharma.

Giving connects two people, the giver and the receiver, and this connection gives birth to a new sense of belonging.

Selfishness is not an option, even when it comes to a cell's own survival.

You begin to see yourself not in isolation but as part of the whole. It becomes possible to help others as you would help yourself, not because service and charity make you feel good, but because you recognize that you are the very person you serve.

Listen with regard when others talk. Give your time and energy to others; let others have their way; do things for reasons other than furthering your own needs.

Quy lu?t cho ?i r?t ??n gi?n: N?u b?n mu?n có ni?m vui, hãy làm ng??i khác có ni?m vui. N?u tình yêu là ?i?u b?n ?ang ki?m tìm, hãy cho ?i yêu th??ng. N?u b?n khát khao s? sung túc v?t ch?t, hãy giúp ng??i khác tr? nên giàu có.

For a moment at least, be a smile on someone else's face.

To risk life to save a smile on a face of a woman or a child is the secret of chivalry.

Happiest are the people who give most happiness to others

A "Win-Win" Situation is the one where we give cheerfully to the Society as much as we can, and also accept gracefully whatsoever the Society offers to us. Interestingly, the givers gets richer by giving, and they also see their names carved on hearts and minds (rather than only on tombstones) in such win-win situations. Remember: Doing nothing for others = Undoing of yourselves.

One of the interesting dichotomies of life is that the poor people are invariably very generous, and the rich people are the real cheapskates.

True Philanthropist is selfless at heart, and doesn't let her/his left hand know what the right hand is doing; so that the noble act of giving remains an absolute secret. Self-promotion of charitable acts is against the true spirit of Philanthropy, in my view.

You have not really lived your life, either yesterday or today or even this minute, if you have not done anything for anyone who can never repay you. Living life for others selflessly is the only Life that is lived truly and gracefully. Make a great day!

I feel strongly that it is the selfish person who needs to change, not the selfless person. (Zhang)

Christianity is a school of people who deny themselves and their own conveniences for Christ's sake.

We don't do what we do for the glory or the fame or the credit; we do it for the quiet satisfaction of making the world a better place, saving the lives of innocents, and being better than you are.

How stupid am I, huh? Boom, just like that, I'm cut off and now I can see the whole thing. You've never done anything for anyone else. You've never inconvenienced yourself purely for someone else's benefit. The rest of us have. It's what makes us good people. You? You've saved the world, but you're not a good person.

Useless knowledge can be made directly contributory to a force of sound and disinterested public opinion.

You will find that the mere resolve not to be useless, and the honest desire to help other people, will, in the quickest and delicatest ways, improve yourself.

Give, give, give-what is the point of having experience, knowledge or talent if I don't give it away?