Quotes About Altruism

Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. PHILIPPIANS 2:4

The nicest feeling in the world is to do a good deed anonymously-and have somebody find out.

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.

People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.

People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves.

Philanthropic people lose all sense of humanity. It is their distinguishing characteristic.

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society.

A man of humanity is one who, in seeking to establish himself, finds a foothold for others and who, in desiring attaining himself, helps others to attain.

Act with kindness but do not expect gratitude.

What can a man do with music who is not benevolent?

He who wishes to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.

If you want to make a stand, help others make a stand, and if you want to reach your goal, help others reach their goal. Consider yourself and treat others accordingly: this is the method of Humanity.

Benevolence is love to all men. It is to know all men.

Was that what people learned between the stars? To care for other people very much indeed and to spring upon them only to reveal love and not devouring to their prey?

The best way to die well is to live well. To die for another would give your death meaning. Ignoring for the time being the fact that the other is going to die anyway.

I have always been particularly touched by the proverb about the purpose of life being to plant trees under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

La società capitalista, ad esempio, è la forma più possibile di cristianesimo. Che senza l'esistenza del male non vi può esser Cristo. Che la società capitalista è fondata su questo sentimento: che senza l'esistenza di esseri che soffrono, non si possa interamente godere dei proprii beni e della propria felicità; che il capitalismo, senza l'alibi del cristianesimo, non potrebbe reggere.

Money, fame, class, and titles are just symbols, or opportunities, for making a difference. Real power means enhancing the greater good, and your feelings of power will direct you to the exact way you are best equipped to do this.

A good deed, said the prophet Mohammed, is one that brings a smile of joy to the face of another. Why will doing a good deed every day produce such astounding efforts on the doer? Because trying to please others will cause us to stop thinking of ourselves: the very thing that produces worry and fear and melancholia.

The world is full of people who are grabbing and self-seeking. So the rare individual who unselfishly tries to serve others has an enormous advantage.

If we are so contemptibly selfish that we can't radiate a little happiness and pass on a bit of honest appreciation without trying to get something out of the other person in return – if our souls are no bigger than sour crab apples, we shall meet with the failure we so richly deserve.

If we want to make friends, let's put ourselves out to do things for other people – things that require time, energy, unselfishness and thoughtfulness.

So the rare individual who unselfishly tries to serve others has an enormous advantage.