Quotes About Altruism

ALMSDEED  (ALMSDEED)   n.s.[from alms and deed.]An act of charity; a charitable gift. This woman was full of good works, and almsdeeds which she did.BibleActs,ix. 36. Hard favour'd Richard, where art thou?Thou art not here: murder is thy almsdeed;Petitioner for blood thou ne'er put'st back.Shakespeare'sHenry VI.

TRUE GENEROSITY is greatness of soul. It incites us to do more by a fellow-creature than can be strictly required of us. It obliges us to hasten to the relief of an object that wants relief; anticipating even such a one's hope or expectation.

I can't have information I know would be of use to someone and not share it.

We were willing to do so much for the people we loved, even if it meant hurting ourselves. Maybe that, in the end, was what love- all kinds- was really about.

Again, this made me think of Daisy, and her white lie about the dresses. We were willing to do so much for the people we loved, even if it meant hurting ourselves. Maybe that, in the end, was what love--all kinds--was really all about.

everyone is good at heart.

Whatever lessens suffering in yourself and others, that is right. Whatever increases suffering, that is wrong.

We are human beings first and last. Our religion is faith in Humanity - and there can be no religion greater than that.

People cannot be free unless they are willing to sacrifice some of their interests to guarantee the freedom of others.

Humans are hardwired to reciprocate favors. If you want someone's cooperation in the future, do something for that person today.

Ethical egoism is the theory that the morality of an act is determined by one's self-interest.

Some have even suggested that the Bible is entirely egoistic and simply changes the categories of what constitutes a person's self-interest. However, that is too strong a statement. While the Bible never condemns self-interest, it does require that it be balanced with concern for others (Phil. 2:4). It is one thing to occasionally appeal to rational self-interest as the Bible does, but quite another to claim that egoism is a sufficient ethical system, as do thoroughgoing ethical egoists.

Believers are called to be servants, and that invariably involves periodically putting others' needs ahead of our own and in rare circumstances can involve laying down one's life for another. It does not, however, obligate believers to neglect their legitimate self-interest.

One of the most important roles the family plays is as the first place where young people grow accustomed to considering the needs of other individuals and the community ahead of themselves.

Ray-Ray had been on track for a golden-rule life of selfless service.

Whenever we think of ourselves doing something for someone else, we are in some way denying our own responsibility. Whatever we do is done because we choose to do it, and we make that choice because it is the one that satisfies us the most. Whatever we do for someone else we do because it fulfills a need we have.

Maybe human beings are programmed...to help one another, even to fall in love. But just because it's human nature doesn't make it bad...

Your public-spiritedness is appreciated, I assure you.

Only he who gives is happy.

Edel sei der Mensch, hilfreich und gut! Denn das allein unterscheidet ihn von allen Wesen, die wir kennen.

If that which harms oneself as well as one's neighbor deserves the name [of vice]. Is it not enough that we cannot make each otjer happy; should we in addition deprive each other of that pleasure which every heart may sometimes grant itself?

La doctrina del egoísmo es y seguirá siendo guardarse a sí mismo, no lo es ni la gratitud ni el deber ni el respeto.

A man is really alive only when he delights in the good-will of others.

The most valuable thing in the world is a good person.