Quotes About Altruism

One of the best ways to make myself happy is to make other people happy. One of the best ways to make other people happy is to be happy myself.

One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy; One of the best ways to make other people happy is to be happy yourself.

No ho feia pas per ell, per bé que ell s'ho cregués així, ans per ella mateixa, per una expansió egoista.

We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.   Ã¢â'¬â€Seneca

The upside of paying it forward far outweighs the downside of being exploited.

Men are the only animals that devote themselves, day in and day out, to making one another unhappy. It is an art like any other. Its virtuosi are called altruists.

Os homens são os únicos animais que se devotam diariamente a tornar os outros infelizes. É uma arte como outra qualquer. Seus virtuoses são chamados de altruístas

If there's no sacrifice, there's no love.

An "idealist" was a man who lived for his idea—hence he could not be a businessman—and who was prepared to sacrifice for his idea everything and, especially, everybody.

But they also were on some base level congenitally brave. There was a selflessness within them, a purity of action.

I'm not totally altruistic. I've always had great career ambitions. But it has to come out in an organic way. If you push yourself out beyond where you are supposed to be, there's this pressure.

It was a very profound experience, getting in touch with that part of us, in all of us human beings, that is committed beyond yourself to the point of giving everything you have, including your life, for other people, for your fellow man.

You feel touched and honored and alive when you give to someone.

There is the expression of selfishness and there is the expression of selflessness - but economists or theoreticians never touched that part. They said: 'Go and become a philanthropist.' I said, 'No, I can do that in the business world, create a different kind of business - a business based on selflessness.'

It is an eternal obligation toward the human being not to let him suffer from hunger when one has a chance of coming to his assistance.

We humans have a powerful instinct to flee from peril. It takes a special kind of courage, a deep sense of duty, and extraordinary character to overcome these impulses and - for the sake of others - to run toward the danger.

Belief in God is an elementary form of selflessness - the acknowledgement of responsibility toward a hypothetical 'Other'.

I always work towards being a good human.

The stirrings of morality emerge early in childhood. Toddlers spontaneously offer toys and help to others and try to comfort people they see in distress.

Consider the perverse effect cap and trade has on altruistic actions. Say you decide to buy a small, high-efficiency car. That reduces your emissions, but not your country's. Instead it allows somebody else to buy a bigger S.U.V. - because the total emissions are set by the cap.

Anything that makes it easier to imagine trading places with someone else increases your moral consideration for that other person.

From last night's All Together Now, a Celebration of Service: There can be no definition of a successful life that does not include service to others.

Believe there is good in the world.

Be like a tree. The tree gives shade even to him who cuts off its boughs.