Quotes About Altruism

live in ways that encourage cooperation and a spirit of love

The highest kindness is to give without condition.

Live without attachment by being generous.

Be spontaneously generous to others because your inner calling demands it, not because others in their code making have determined that this is how you should behave.

give much, boast little, nurture others, and decline recognition or credit

Serve the needs of others, and all your own needs will be fulfilled.

Don't wait for chaos to erupt before you are generous and kind to others.

begin the beautiful day doing something kind for another human being someplace on the planet.

making the world a better place

The sage does not hoard, and thereby bestows. The more he lives for others, the greater his life. The more he gives to others, the greater his abundance.

Kahlil Gibran, the spiritual Lebanese poet, once advised that "if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.

See yourself as someone who's on this planet to assist others.

seek a way to give.

think of others first by being willing to serve and exhibit kindness and love

being a giver rather than a taker, providing for others and asking nothing in return.

the only thing you can do with your life is give it away. You'll find yourself feeling purposeful if you can find a way to always be in the service of others.

Make a daily practice of opening your heart in compassion when you see someone less fortunate than yourself.

Giving involves leaving the ego behind.

do something expressing your kindness to someone who will be totally surprised by your actions.

Maslow notes that the self-actualized person has a strong desire for privacy; vehemently resists enculturation, but always has a feshness of appreciation; and has a genuine desire to help the human race.

act without being concerned for your own ego.

Feel for others--in your pocket.

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

Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.