Quotes About Altruism

The best way to cope with pain was to pass it on to someone else.

It is only goodness which gives extra...

have wrought my simple plan      If I give one hour of joy To the boy who's half a man,      Or the man who's half a boy.

I have wrought my simple plan If I give one hour of joy To the boy who's half a man, Or the man who's half a boy.

I wasn't thanking him for the coin, or even for the trouble he'd taken in stopping to help me. I was thanking him for... well, for something I'm not sure I can explain even now. For showing me that something besides cruelty could be found in the world, I suppose.

Doing good induces others to reciprocate.

Doing good does us good.

Generous people are likely to receive more respect from their peers.

Giving and empathy provide us with opportunities to nurture our innate goodness.

universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.

How is it possible that suffering that is neither my own nor of my concern should immediately affect me as though it were my own, and with such force that is moves me to action?

Compassion is the basis of all morality

For boundless compassion for all living beings is the firmest and most certain guarantee of moral good conduct and requires no casuistry. Whoever is filled with it will certainly injure no one, infringe on no one, do no one harm, rather, forbear everyone, forgive everyone, help everyone as much as he can, and all his actions will carry the imprint of justice and loving kindness.

???? is selfishness, ????? is sympathy.

It is no longer sufficient to love others as himself and to do as much for them as he would do for himself; rather, a repugnance arises in him… towards the will-to-live, towards the core and essence of that world recognized as filled with misery.

Wars are never fought for altruistic reasons.

per la libertà che aveva rinunciato ai suoi oggi per i domani degli altri. Un uomo con il volto rigato di lacrime

The original Confucian intention, as envisioned by Confucius and Mencius is, simply put, to cultivate ourselves and bring peace and comfort to others.

we all require devotion to something more than ourselves for our lives to be endurable.

People readily demonstrate a willingness to sacrifice their safety and survival for the sake of something beyond themselves, such as family, country, or justice.

The answer, he believed, is that we all seek a cause beyond ourselves.

If you're feeling helpless, help someone.

If you're feeling helpless, help someone. " ? Aung San Suu Kyi (from Freedom from Fear)

The world is perishing from an orgy of self-sacrificing.