Quotes About Altruism

We're under obligation to love - that's the commandment.

We probably have a greater love for those we support than for those who support us. Our vanity carries more weight than our self-interest.

Love those who love you, help those you help you, and give to those who give to you.

When someone claims to be acting from the highest principles, for the good of others, there is no reason to assume that the person's motives are genuine. People motivated to make things better usually aren't concerned with changing other people—or, if they are, they take responsibility for making the same changes to themselves (and first).

You are not morally obliged to support someone who is making the world a worse place. Quite the opposite. You should choose people who want things to be better, not worse.

And if there is something that is not good, then there is something that is good. If the worst sin is the torment of others, merely for the sake of the suffering produced—then the good is whatever is diametrically opposed to that. The good is whatever stops such things from happening.

If the worst sin is the torment of others, merely for the sake of the suffering produced—then the good is whatever is diametrically opposed to that. The good is whatever stops such things from happening.

Consider then that the alleviation of unnecessary pain and suffering is a good. Make that an axiom: to the best of my ability I will act in a manner that leads to the alleviation of unnecessary pain and suffering.

What shall I do when greed consumes me? Remember that it is truly better to give than to receive.

To give is to do what you can to make things better. The good in people will respond to that, and support it, and imitate it, and multiply it, and return it, and foster it, so that everything improves and moves forward.

When it's not just naïveté, the attempt to rescue someone is often fuelled by vanity and narcissism.

yo soy tan egoista pero tan egoista que come me da tanto placer ayudarte te voy a ayudar porque yo quiero porque a mi me da placer

Kindness is a free gift, freely given,

Cultivo una rosa blanca, En julio como en enero, Para el amigo sincero Que me da su mano franca. Y para el cruel que me arranca El corazon con que vivo, Cardo ni oruga cultivo Cultivo una rosa blanca. I have a white rose to tend In July as in January; I give it to the true friend Who offers his frank hand to me. And to the cruel one whose blows Break the heart by which I live, Thistle nor thorn do I give: For him, too, I have a white rose.

Pecan, tal vez, los que piensan en sí y viven para los demás: los abnegados y los altruistas, los que sacrifican sus goces y fuerzas en beneficio ajeno, renunciando a sus comodidades y aun a su vida, como suele ocurrir?

Let us not ask for miracles, let us not ask for concern with what is good for the country of him who comes as a stranger to make his fortune and leave afterwards.

Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.

True benevolence, or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathises with the distress of every creature capable of sensation

Happiness does not consist in self-love.

A friend said, "Ah, I get it. All of my life I have gone into every next event asking, in effect, What's in it for me? Now I see that what I must do is go into every event asking, What can I do for them?" And my friend had grievously missed the point. The great discovery is that we have nothing to give at all to anyone, anywhere.

Sometimes in this life it is necessary to sacrifice oneself for the good of others . - Mam

Generosity, love, compassion, or devotion do not depend on a high IQ.

You know what kind of a man Lonny Tooker is? The kind of a man that sets broken bird's wings." "Hitler loved dogs and babies," Dave said.

When altruistic behavior benefits individuals belonging to another species, it is impossible for the gene to be benefiting some other copy of itself.