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Quotes About Altruism

O brother man! fold to thy heart thy brother; Where pity dwells, the peace of God is there; To worship rightly is to love each other, Each smile a hymn, each kindly deed a prayer.
~ John Greenleaf Whittier
You could go outside today and have a glum face, or you could put a smile on your face and go out into the world, even though you don't feel like it - that's selfless giving!
~ Frederick Lenz
If you are unhappy - be that way in your bedroom - but whenever you come out into the world, in real selfless giving we push all of that aside and we smile, love and give to others.
~ Frederick Lenz
Kindness is a kind of magic, in return we get love which is eternal.
~ M.H. Rakib
When I will be a billionaire, I will fill the smile on these crying face.
~ Tanmaya Guru
No society can long sustain itself unless its members have learned the sensitivities, motivations and skills involved in assisting and caring for other human beings.
~ Urie Bronfenbrenner
To be just, it is not enough to refrain from injustice. One must go further and refuse to play its game, substituting love for self-interest as the driving force of society.
~ Pedro Arrupe
By getting an opportunity to serve society, we get a chance to repay our debt.
~ Narendra Modi
We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society.
~ Hillary Clinton
Those that have an attitude of service towards others are the beauty of society.
~ Mata Amritanandamayi
A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
~ B.R. Ambedkar
We rise by lifting others.
~ Robert Green Ingersoll
Donate and do not talk about it, they say you do nothing for the society; do and talk about it, they say you seek publicity!
~ Amitabh Bachchan
Society's needs come before the individuals needs
~ Adolf Hitler
We need to defend the interests of those whom we've never met and never will.
~ Jeffrey D. Sachs
A society in which there are high levels of voluntary activity will simply be a better, happier place than one where there are not.
~ Jonathan Sacks
When we begin to believe that there is greater joy in working with and for others, rather than just for ourselves, then our society will truly become a place of celebration.
~ Jean Vanier
If we can look upon our work not for self-benefit,but as a means to benefit society,we will be practicing appreciation and patience in our daily lives.
~ Gautama Buddha
This was replaced by a widespread and aggressive individualism whereby everyone looks out for himself, at the expense of others and without worrying about the good of society.
~ Zygmunt Bauman
Quien busque la supervivencia asesinando la humanidad de otro ser humano sólo consigue sobrevivir a la muerte de su propia humanidad.
~ Zygmunt Bauman
See, when something's the right thing to do, you don't do it for a reward.
~ A. Lee Martinez
Egocentricity is a problem, however, when it becomes exaggerated and is not balanced by such social traits as love, empathy, and altruism, the capacity for which is probably also represented in our genome. Interestingly, very few of us think to look for egocentricity in ourselves, although we are dazzled by it in others.
~ AARON T. BECK
Only that which is good for all men is good for every man. No one is truly inspired for his own sake. He who is blessed, is a blessing for others.
~ Abraham Joshua Heschel
But the meaning is to walk in the ways of the Lord. As He clothes the naked so do thou also clothe the naked; as He visited the sick, so do thou also visit the sick; as he comforted mourners, so do Thou also comfort mourners" (Sotah 14a).
~ Abraham Joshua Heschel