Quotes About Altruism

Everything depends on your intention. All the time, therefore, check your attitude and motivation. As Patrul Rinpoche said, everyone wants happiness, but the true way to reach perfect happiness is to bring happiness to others.

Sometimes, visualize that your heart is a brilliant ball of light. As you breathe out, it radiates rays of white light in all directions, carrying your happiness to all beings. As you breathe in, their suffering, negativity and afflictions come towards you in the form of dense, black light, which is absorbed in your heart and disappears in its brilliant white light without a trace, relieving all beings of their pain and sorrow.

The true test of faith is how we treat those who can do nothing for us in return.

True compassion sees each person as a brother or sister and acts accordingly.

Don't settle for helping those who will help you in return or doing a good deed for others to see. Help others without expecting anything back. Even if nobody else cares, God will notice.

Compassion without action is meaningless.

When your goal is not fame or notoriety, you can simply show up, offer compassion to people, and let God do His work.

God's love for others does not stop at the border; neither should ours.

Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.

No one can sacrifice for another. We each sacrifice ourselves, and thereby gain the power to give magical help to each other.

We are all here to be a service to those who can't be a service to themselves. We can give people hope and more reasons for being human.

My Poverty doesn't help anyone, but my wealth helps a lot of people.

I always just thought if you see somebody without a smile, give'em yours!

You don't even have to believe in anything to be good to people. You should just know you should be a good human being.

For this is a great sin, to not share with those who have thirst.

Goodness seeks nothing except to give itself and to communicate the riches which it enjoys.

obviously someone will! The issue is rather, will the most sympathetic person get there first?

Social cohesion and volunteering encourage good citizenship

When you show others love, you are shown love. When you give love, you receive love.

Seek to be served, and you become a servant. Seek to serve others, and you become a master.

If you give, expecting something in return, it's not really giving at all. If you love, expecting something in return, it's not really loving at all.

Once asked what action he would recommend if a person were to feel a nervous breakdown coming on: Lock up your house, go across the railroad tracks, and find someone in need and do something for him.

To help others to develop and succeed in life is a reward itself and only has value when nothing is expected in return.

Joy can only be real if people look upon their life as a service and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.