Quotes About Altruism

As it is more blessed to give than receive, so it must be more blessed to receive than to give back.

The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.

This is my doctrine: Give every other human being every right you claim for yourself.

We rise by raising others

I believe that all actions that tend to the well-being of sentient beings are virtuous and moral.

We cannot assist the Infinite, but we can assist our fellow-men.

What is morality? It is the best thing to do under the circumstances. What is the best thing to do under the circumstances? That which will increase the sum of human happiness—or lessen it the least. Happiness in its highest, noblest form, is the only good; that which increases or preserves or creates happiness is moral—that which decreases it, or puts it in peril, is immoral.

The hands that help are better far than lips that pray.

We Rise By Lifting Others

Inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me. – Matthew 25:40

In every part and corner of our life, to lose oneself is to be the gainer; to forget oneself is to be happy.

There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good. One person I have to make good: Myself. But my duty to my neighbor is much more nearly expressed by saying that I have to make him happy if I may.

Why is it that our automatic, intuitive moral judgments tend to be nonutilitarian? Because, as Greene states in his book, "Our moral brains evolved to help us spread our genes, not to maximize our collective happiness.

People are always doing things for my sake and strangely enough, I'm the one who suffers for it.

If you want to be perfect, go and sell all you have and give the money to the poor—you will have riches in Heaven.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." —Aesop, "The Lion and the Mouse

Why are you unhappy? Because 99.9 percent Of everything you think, And of everything you do, Is for yourself — And there isn't one. – Wei Wu Wei

Perhaps the most legitimately dispiriting thing about reciprocal altruism is that it is a misnomer. Whereas with kin selection the goal of our genes is to actually help another organism, with reciprocal altruism the goal is that the organism be left under the impression that we've helped; the impression alone is enough to bring the reciprocation.

altruism is accomplished as a thoughtful choice and is guided by inner principles, not as an automatic, adaptive, or accommodative response.

The great women and men of the world were all givers, not takers.

Albert Camus once said that 'Real generosity toward the future consists in giving all to what is present.

Rather than taking from the world, make it your consistent enthusiasm to give to the world. And to behave in a way that serves all citizens.

Success is not about what you receive, Blake. Success is all about what you return

I don't think about what I'll get from someone else. Instead, all I care about is what I can give. And that, my friend, has made me a very happy man.