Quotes About Altruism

loved. For he who loved himself became great by himself, and he who loved other men became great by his selfless devotion, but he who loved God became greater than all.

I will learn that the deepest meaning of love is renunciation, giving up one's own dream to fulfill the dream of the beloved.

We might also wonder, in passing, which is more moral: helping people purely out of concern for their suffering, or helping them because you think the creator of the universe will reward you for it?

there seems to be no doubt that love and compassion are good, in that they connect us more deeply to others.30 Given this situation, we can see that one could desire to become more loving and compassionate for purely selfish reasons.

In compassion lies the world's true strength.

Don't ever think compassion is weak. Compassion is about strength.

Selfless service alone gives the needed strength and courage to awaken the sleeping humanity in one's heart.

Even the least work done for others awakens the power within; even thinking the least good of others gradually instills into the heart the strength of a lion.

Your love is as stable as you are: It's not about how good a person makes you feel, but rather what good you can do for them.

Great beauty, great strength, and great riches are really and truly of no great use; a right heart exceeds all

Real strength has to do with helping others.

Like Jesus we belong to the world living not for ourselves but for others. The joy of the Lord is our strength.

Ultimately, no man or woman is happy unless they have found a way to contribute beyond themselves.

If you don't have altruism, inner strength, inner peace, attention, then it's a trauma. It makes a difficult life for you and for others.

Sometimes you have to take the focus off of you and put it on someone else and it's funny what you can accomplish and how much strength you really have.

You must give and receive love only when doing so doesn't hurt others. That's the ethical path, and you should gain strength from walking it.

Selfless action is a source of strength.

It's one of the secrets of strength: We're so much more likely to find it in the service of others than in service to ourselves.

Spiritual strength frequently comes through selfless service.

Man should earnestly desire the well - being of all God's creations and pray that we may have the strength to do so.

It is precisely when we help one another that we gain our victories over corruption, but the victory is assured only when we help one another with all our strength.

By lighting another's candle you brighten your own.

The basis lies in the idea that if you're kind to others, good things will happen to you.

When people start serving together, they forgot about all their stress, [...] all their own problems. They start focusing on someone else's.