Quotes About Altruism

The reward is in doing, but doing without expecting anything...doing unselfishly.

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give." – Khalil Gibran, The Prophet

To reach back and help, and expect neither reward nor even thanks. To reach back and help, because that is what spiritual beings do.

Power is the ability to do good things for others.

Generosity overpowers greed.

But the creed of liberty means nothing if it is only our own liberty that excites us.

In human history there a precious few whose memory we revere because they knowingly sacrificed themselves for others. For each of them, there are multitudes who did nothing.

Take 2 heaping cups of Patience 1 heart full of Love 2 handfuls of Generosity Sprinkle with Kindness Add plenty of Faith Mix well and spread over a period of a lifetime and serve everybody you meet.

Not everything we do in this world is about us, Panther. Sometimes we have do things for other reasons. Sometimes we've got to forget about ourselves and help others. If not, what's the point?

We reap a reward merely in the act of helping others. We never know how, or if, that reward will come back to us. Helping is the reward; none other is needed nor better.

To love someone means that you sometimes are fulfilled the most by putting thier deepest desires above your own.

To the right person, the person who is truly born to it, duty is a form of love, through which all is possible. Duty is not always a denial of things, but an expansion of them to others. Duty is not always a chore, but is best carried out with love.

Charity ain't giving people what you wants to give, it's giving people what they need to get.

There's nothing more terrible than someone out to do the world a favor.

Charity ain't giving people what you wants to give, it's giving people what they need to get.

Om helps those who help one another.

Why do you help these strangers? she asked Tiffany now. They are not of your clan. You owe them nothing. Well, said Tiffany, although they are strangers, I simply think of them as people. All of them. And you help other people--that's how we do it. Does every person do it? said Nightshade. No, said Tiffany. Sadly, that is true. But many people will help other people, just because, well, because they are other people. That's how it goes.

We mask our needs as the needs of others.

I believe that when we are fully present, we not only live well, we live well for others.

We can no longer be deluded by the notion that the destruction of others' lives is necessary for our own survival.

This brings her a lot of joy and gives her life meaning. This can be true for all of us anytime, anywhere. Just saying a few words that make another person suffer less can give our lives meaning. And it is something we can do anywhere. When your life is meaningful, happiness becomes a reality and you become a bodhisattva right here and now.

Understanding and love aren't two things. When you understand you can't help but love. And when you love, you act in a way that can relieve the suffering of people.

self-betrayal—times when I had a sense of something I should do for others but didn't do it.

When my mindset is outward, I am alive to and interested in other people and their objectives and needs. I see others as people whom I am open to helping. When my mindset is inward, on the other hand, I essentially turn my back on others; I don't really care about their needs or objectives.