Quotes About Altruism

Pero por amor se hacen las cosas que de otro modo nunca se harían.(...)Cuando se quiere a alguien, de repente el otro es más importante que uno mismo.

Be generous, be spirited, and you'll lead a happy life.

interpretation, of course, is that, as some enlightened (and no doubt rather embittered) soul once pointed out, there is no such thing as a truly altruistic act. There is always, however well camouflaged in the darker recesses of our dense psychological undergrowth, an ulterior, self-serving, distinctly less honourable motive

We must think beyond ourselves

Instead of asking your child what they learned today, ask them who they helped today.

If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved.

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.

It was again to the Prophet Musa that Allah conveyed the essence of true religion. The Almighty said. 'I was sick, and you did not come to see me. I was hungry, and you did not give me food.' Musa asked 'My God, can you also be sick and hungry?' God replied 'My servant so-and-so was sick, and my servant so-and-so was hungry. If you had visited one and fed the other, you would have found me with them.

Happiness is the only good; the place to be happy is here; the time to be happy is now; the way to be happy is to help others.

Know him only as a man of God who feels the suffering of others. And

Work hard. Be nice. Hurt no one.

True hope is not fully realized when we keep it for ourselves, but only when we imitate Jesus Christ and give it away. That's when hope becomes mature.

A life dedicated to service is impervious to cynics and immune to regret.

She was not a nice person, but she cleaned up the floor. She was not a nice person, but she bandaged my foot in a white piece of cloth, and gave us two of her own clean shirts to wear.

And are you suspicious of me? (Maggie) Woman, I'm suspicious of anyone who acts altruistically. I've only known a handful of people in my entire life who were actually kind. The vast majority of people only help others when they know it'll benefit them in some manner. (Sin)

Arthur's motto was that might should never make right. Right should make right. The duty of knights and men is to fight for those who can't fight for themselves." -Phantom

A man protects those who need it most. Those who cannot protect themselves." -Sin

Inside of every being there is a constant war being raged. The part that tell us to do what is right and what is decent and the part of us that is self-serving. The part that wants what it wants regardless of who is hurt getting it.

A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child.

There are some people who cannot help giving. Why? Because they experience a real psychological pleasure in doing so. They don't do it with an eye to their own advantage, they do it on the quiet; they detest doing it openly because that would take away some of the satisfaction. They do it in secret, with quick trembling hands, their breasts rocked by a spiritual well being which they do not themselves understand.

You can sacrifice and not love. But you cannot love and not sacrifice.

justice makes charity less necessary

When you're feeling sorry for yourself, do something nice for someone else.

The compass of compassion asks not what is good for me? but what is good? Not what is best for me but what is best. Not what is right for me but what is right. Not how much can we take? but How much ought we leave? and how much might we give? Not what is easy but what is worthy. Not what is practical but what is moral.