Quotes About Altruism

I have been doing good deeds since I was just a small child.

I usually write about ordinary people and ordinary things, but Paul Farmer is the least ordinary person I've ever met... He's the leader of a small group of people who hope to cure a sick world, and I hope my book can help in some small way.

But giving back isn't just a celebrity thing; the smallest acts can make a big difference.

Selfishly, it feels great for me to do something that might put a smile on someone else's face.

With #ChooseKind, you can just do whatever you can to make someone else's day better by including people in something you're doing and by just smiling at people.

I want to be helpful and give back to the society when I die. There are so many people in this world who are not able to see God's beautiful creations or enjoy this life. If my eyes or other organs can help even one individual, I will be happy that my life has been of use.

I want success for so many people. I couldn't give a crap about myself.

Young children by age three begin to inhibit some of their naturally altruistic behavior. They become more discriminating about whom they help. They share more often with others who have shared with them in the past.

pathological altruism," defined as "behavior in which attempts to promote the welfare of another, or others, results instead in harm that an external observer would conclude was reasonably foreseeable.

Most of our desires are born and nurtured at other people's expense.

Esta sentencia me parece desacertada, tanto más, cuanto que ningún provecho ni ventaja se alcanza sin el perjuicio de los demás.

The Master lives within everyone. When you give food to the one who is starving, when you give water to the one who is thirsty, when you cover the one who is cold, you give your love to the Master.

What makes you happy is love coming out of you. And if you are generous with your love, everyone is going to love you. You are never going to be alone if you are generous. If you are selfish, you are always going to be alone, and there is no one to blame but you. Your generosity will open all the doors, not your selfishness. Selfishness

El amor en acción sólo genera felicidad. El

The Master replied, "Yes, I am here, but I was here before. I was hungry, and you fulfilled my need for food. I was thirsty, and you gave me the wine. I was cold, and you covered me with clothes. Whatever you do for others, you do for me.

I walk on, wondering how the people who have the least to give are often the ones who give the most.

Go on living . . . and be kind to one another . .

The worth of a human being lies in the ability to extend oneself, to go outside oneself, to exist in and for other people.

I am obedient. I can never say no to those weaker than myself. And because I am six feet two and can lift a two-hundred-pound sack with one hand, in all my life I have yet to find anyone I can resist.

We wanted to destroy the world. With our messianism we nearly destroyed it. Maybe they with their selfishness will save it.

To love someone out of compassion means not really to love.

It's always so attractive to be able to do good at somebody else's expense

If you are extremely generous, greed will run away.

Those who love not their fellow-beings live unfruitful lives, and prepare for their old age a miserable grave.