Quotes About Altruism

All my work, all my efforts, all my prayers and tears are for humanity, and the spread of peace and love among mankind.

We need to rediscover the idea of the common good and work together to build a home.

The only work that spiritually purifies us is that which is done without personal motives.

Live with compassion. Work with compassion. Die with compassion. Meditate with compassion. Enjoy with compassion. When problems come, experience them with compassion.

In a society that functions optimally, those who can should naturally want to provide for those who can't. That's how it's designed to work. I truly believe we're here to take care of one another.

I am Albanian by birth. Now I am a citizen of India. I am also a Catholic nun. In my work, I belong to the whole world. But in my heart, I belong to Christ.

Work is what you do for others, liebchen. Art is what you do for yourself.

Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.

Charity work shouldn't be bragged about. It's just something you're supposed to do...I do it because I feel like that's what God wanted me to do. It's as simple as that.

This really is my life's work, to go where there is suffering.

That's why charity work is very selfish at the same time, because it makes you feel good.

Work without love is slavery.

The Tapas and the other hard Yogas that were practiced in other Yugas do not work now. What is needed in this Yuga is giving, helping others.

The meaning of service is to do the work assigned ungrudgingly and without thought of personal reward material or moral.

Be kind and generous to your fellows, but hard and relentless with yourself.

People who have committed to a service/advocacy role will tell you that some of the sublimest pleasure they have ever experienced comes in the context of that work. You get way more than you give.

If you make your business about helping others, you'll always have plenty of work.

The worst days of darkness through which I have ever passed have been greatly alleviated by throwing myself with all my energy into some work relating to others.

I don't think Steve Jobs had much desire to share his fortune.

I'm always sticking up for other people.

Sometimes in life, we try to do our very best to help others, and in the process, it brings some anguish to us. But we can't ever let that stop us. We can't ever be stopped from helping others and allowing them to have some sense of happiness and joy in their life.

Most people are playing the game of compounding interest, which is self interest - how do they take care of themselves and produce more for themselves, storing value for their own benefit. I play a different game. A game I call 'compounding impact.' How do you make a positive impact in the world?

I wanted to serve. It was Desert Storm. I thought, 'I was a rich kid, and America's been good to me.'

People are strange, but more than that, they're good. They're good first, then strange.