Quotes About Altruism

The only thing that can win over evil is love. Learn to love, strive to love, cause we ain't got time for nothing else.

Alas, weWho wished to lay the foundations of kindness,Could not ourselves be kind.But you, when at last it comes to passThat man can help his fellow man,Do not judge usToo harshly.

Selflessness is a rare virtue, because it doesn't pay for itself.

The best practical advice I can give to the present generation is to practice the virtue which the Christians call love.

Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself.

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years.

And this miniature poodle was trapped in the alley, struggling to hold his head out of the water by propping his front paws up on a piece of steel frame." They clambered in and got the dog out. Days later, after a good bath at Tylertown, the little grey poodle they had rescued turned out to be white as snow.

Like the Bible tells us, when a man will lay down his life for a friend, well, then there ain't no greater love in this here world than that.

And taking care of somebody else made me feel good. Like discovering you're more than you thought you were. More even than you hoped to be.

4. Help somebody (like your mom or dad or teacher) without being asked. Now that's a nice surprise!

Never mind then. Do what's best for her. Not you. But if you need me to ride north, let me know.

Duty without love is deplorable. Duty with love is desirable. Love without duty is Divine.

The noble-minded dedicate themselves to the promotion of the happiness of others?even of those who injure them. True happiness consists in making happy.

The sun opens the lotuses; the moon illuminates the beds of water-lilies; the cloud pours forth its water unasked: even so the liberal of their own accord are occupied in benefiting others.

Some generous souls forbear their own, and seek another's gain; Most men, neglecting not their own, their neighbour's cause maintain; Those are mere demons who would build their wealth on other's loss, But what are those who profitless their neighbour's interest cross?

Low-minded men are occupied solely with their own affairs, but noble-minded men take special interest in the affairs of others. The submarine fire drinks up the ocean, to fill its insatiable interior; the rain-cloud, that it may relieve the drought of the earth, burnt up by the hot season.

The good man shuns evil and follows good; he keeps secret that which ought to be hidden; he makes his virtues manifest to all; he does not forsake one in adversity; he gives in season: such are the marks of a worthy friend.

The sun opens the lotuses, the moon illumines the beds of water-lilies, the cloud pours forth its water unasked: even so the liberal of their own accord are occupied in benefiting others.

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in Heaven.

But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

When we begin to live for others, we will begin to have the same effect on others as Jesus did.

Altruism is not a moral or religious ideal, no matter what some people might tell you, it is an essential biological part of who or what we are as a species.