Quotes About Altruism

The pernicious effects of the self-interest theory have been most disturbing,' concludes Frank. 'By encouraging us to expect the worst in others, it brings out the worst in us: dreading the role of the chump, we are often loath to heed our nobler instincts.

I don't mind people going about unobtrusively doing good, but I can't stomach moral indignation.

I don't feel the slightest interest in the next world; I think it's here. And I think anything good that you're going to do, you should do for other people here and not so you can try to have a happy time in the next world.

I am an atheist and that's it. I believe there's nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for other people.

It seems to me I discovered what "I love you" really means. It means I put you and your interests and your comfort ahead of my own interests and my own comfort because I love you

The highest aim and the meaning even of human life is to strive to do your best for the wellbeing of your neighbour, which is only possible by renouncing your own self-interest.

Iubirea este de fapt mila de tine proiectat? asupra altuia sau uitarea de sine care se înal?? pe o prealabil? con?tiin?? a eului propriu.

Binef?c?torii omenirii sunt cei care au imagina?ia r?ului altuia prin har,f?r? nevoia prealabil? a experiment?rii lui pe propria lui piele.

No muestres compasión por nadie, aunque la sientas. Haz favores sin afectaros. Si vieran emoción e interés en tu rostro cuando les das limosna se abalanzarían sobre ti y desnudo te dejarían. Como a los canes, a los hombres no debe dárseles el alimento sino arrojársele.

Friendship is friendship, and charity is charity.... the people who give you charity are never your friends. It is not possible to receive charity from a friend.

He felt that when Harvard had assigned them to be roommates, Sam had become his responsibility. So, he protected Sam, and he made the world a little easier for Sam, and it cost him next to nothing to do so. Marx's life had been filled with such abundance that he was one of those people who found it natural to care for those around him.

And what is love, in the end?' Alabaster said. 'Except the irrational desire to put evolutionary competitiveness aside in order to ease someone else's journey through life?

And what is love, in the end?" Alabaster said. "Except the irrational desire to put evolutionary competitiveness aside in order to ease someone else's journey through

And what is love, in the end? Alabaster said. Except the irrational desire to put evolutionary competitiveness aside in order to ease someone else's journey through life?

And what is love, in the end?...Except the irrational desire to put evolutionary competitiveness aside in order to ease someone else's journey through life?

And what is love, in the end?" Alabaster said. "Except the irrational desire to put evolutionary competitiveness aside in order to ease someone else's journey through life?

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

I suggest that if what you want from someone else is recognition, love, or respect, you will suffer. On the other hand, if what you want to give to someone else is recognition, love, or respect, you will be happy, in bliss, and free.

Charity is a very labour-intensive virtue.

What he offered me is not for me to keep, but for me to give to another.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." And that's when I started crying. Crying like a kindergarten kid in front of everyone. Crying because Joseph wasn't just my friend. I had his back. And he had mine. That's what greater love is.

Money is good for the good it can do for you and for others.

How much would every marriage change if we pursued absolute benevolence over our own comfort, happiness, and self-interest?

You change when you expand your awareness to include the well-being of others.