Quotes About Altruism

I received so many hate letters when I breast-fed a starving baby in Africa. I was in Sierra Leone in 2009 and I was weaning my child at that time - she was not there with me. There was a hungry baby who was crying because his mother had no milk, and I thought, 'Why throw away my milk if I can give it to a baby who needs it?'

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

Giving back has definitely kept me grounded. Stepping outside of yourself to serve a group or community of people who are in need in some facet has a way of doing that. I don't ever want to grow to a place where giving back becomes a foreign concept.

Do it now. It is not safe to leave a generous feeling to the cooling influences of the world.

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The one single use of things which we call our own is that they might be his who hath need of them.

Proclaim human equality as loudly as you like, Witless will serve his brother.

Service without seeking any return characterizes the Ultimate Reality.

Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire.

Quien salva una sola vida, salva al mundo entero.

There is no greater wisdom than kindness

Only love, and not reason, yields kind thoughts.

We do not exist for ourselves...

all sentient beings capable of suffering should constitute a solidarity against suffering. Out of this solidarity, we should refrain from doing anything that could increase the overall amount of suffering and confusion in the universe.

The first great gift we can bestow on others is a good example.

O mundo é meu país, os humanos são meus irmãos e fazer o bem é minha religião.

The world is my country, mankind are my friends, to do good is my religion.

Man, were he not corrupted by governments, is naturally the friend of man, and . . . human nature is not of itself vicious.

The women sang the Ohgiwe and danced together as the grandmothers had, for the brave, and the unselfish, for the protectors.

The more helpful we are to others, the more like we are to God.

En este siglo, la compasión es una necesidad, no un lujo.

At first, it's hard for us to give to others, so we give a carrot from one hand to the other. Then we give away simple things, such as a jar of thumbtacks. Then, we grow a little bit and give away things that we hold more dear. Later, we can share our time or whatever else is more difficult for us to give. When we eventually become Tara, we will be able to give everything effortlessly and joyfully.

True love does not depend on physical expression. You should realize this. True love is a feeling deep within you. It is not just a matter of wearing a smile on your face and looking happy. Rather, it arises from a heartfelt understanding of every other being's suffering and radiates out to all of them indiscriminately. It does not favor a chosen few to the exclusion of everyone else. This is true love.

A loving, compassionate person heals others simply by existing. Wherever they are, compassionate people are healing, because they do everything they can to help others with their body, speech, and mind. Merely being near a compassionate person heals us because it brings us peace and happiness. Simply seeing the face of a kind, warmhearted person makes us feel happy. (p. 51)