Quotes About Altruism

Though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

That charity which longs to publish itself, ceases to be charity.

Charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.

If thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink.

Agape is disinterested love. . . . Agape does not begin by discriminating between worthy and unworthy people, or any qualities people possess. It begins by loving others for their sakes. . . . Therefore, agape makes no distinction between friend and enemy; it is directed toward both.

Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

He who endures penance and hardships for another delights in that person's company.

He does good to himself who does good to his friend.

He gives twice who gives quickly.

Teach us to give and not to count the cost.

He who would do good to another, must do it in minute particulars.

When thou doest alms, do not let thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth.

No good deed ever goes unpunished.

The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.

Giving is the highest expression of potency.

Take egotism out, and you would castrate the benefactor.

It is one of the beautiful compensations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

Generosity is the vanity of giving.

He that does good for good's sake seeks neither praise nor reward, though sure of both at last.

To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.

The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

He who never sacrificed a present to a future good, or a personal to a general one, can speak of happiness only as the blind speak of color.