Quotes About Altruism

Egoists hold that a man's primary moral obligation is to achieve his own welfare (egoists do not necessarily agree on the nature of man's welfare).

Advocates of self-sacrifice hold that a man's primary obligation is to serve some entity outside of himself.

To liberate humanity from intelligence, Hitler counted on the doctrines of irrationalism. To rid men of conscience, he counted on the morality of altruism. To free the world of freedom, he counted on the idea of collectivism.

Our own German language possesses a word which magnificently designates this kind of activity: Pflichterfüllung (fulfillment of duty); it means not to be self-sufficient but to serve the community." (Meln Kampf)

Are people innately altruistic? is the wrong kind of question to ask. People are people, and they respond to incentives. They can nearly always be manipulated--for good or ill--if only you find the right levers.

All that matters is what we do for each other.

It is the one of the great secrets of life that those things are most worth doing,we do for others.

Animals have genes for altruism, and those genes have been selected in the evolution of many creatures because of the advantage they confer for the continuing survival of the species.

Whoever saves a life, it is as if he has saved an entire world.

I only know that a wise man once said three hundred years ago that money is like muck; it doesn't do any good unless you spread it around.

If he were older and stronger, would he have given water to those men? Or would he, like most of the group, have kept his water for himself?

The fact is, society is made more hospitable by every individual who acts as if 'do unto others' really was a rule.

Giving the best to others are giving the best to us. The value of life is not based on how long we live. But, how much can we contribute to others in our society ?

Some people never contribute anything positive to society, they may even drain our resources, but most of us try to do something better, to give back.

I often steal sandwiches, eat them, and put the container's back., with a signed autograph of my self in its place. It's my way of giving back to society.

We've been trained since kindergarten: Be nice, be kind, share, put on a smile. So we're conditioned to squash our natural selfish instincts, and that's the right thing for society.

It is our first duty to serve society, and after we have done that, we may attend wholly to the salvation of our own souls.

Left to themselves people are noble, generous, uncorrupted, they'd create a completely new kind of society if only people weren't so blind, stupid and selfish.

I don't wish to be successful but I definitely wish to be successful in helping someone, sometime for something good.

Love expects no reward. Love knows no fear. Love Divine gives - does not demand. Love thinks no evil; imputes no motive. To Love is to share and serve.

Happiness depends on what you can give, not on what you can get.

No amount of prayer or meditation can do what helping others can do.

All suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction.

Bread for myself is a material question. Bread for my neighbor is a spiritual one.