Quotes About Altruism

She was at the valiant age when we burn to right wrongs and succour the oppressed

He was rigidly truthful, where the issue concerned only himself. Where it was a case of saving a friend, he was prepared to act in a manner reminiscent of an American expert witness.

Is a gesture of charity genuine or is it a kind of deep moral tax write-off?

I will be capable of loving, regardless of whether I am loved in return, Of giving, when I have nothing, Of working happily, even in the midst of difficulties, Of holding out my hand, even when utterly alone and abandoned, Of drying my tears, even while I weep, Of believing, even when no one believes in me.

The happiness of one's own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one's happiness, the happiness of others.

To lay aside what you have in your head (selfish desires and ambitions); to freely bestow what you have in your hand; and never to flinch from the blows of adversity!

I call myself a nationalist, but my nationalism is as broad as the universe. It includes in its sweep all the nations of the earth. 323 My nationalism includes the well-being of the whole world. I do not want my India to rise on the ashes of other nations. I do not want India to exploit a single human being. I want India to be strong in order that she can infect the other nations also with her strength.

Ordinary love is selfish, darkly rooted in desires and satisfactions. Divine love is without condition, without boundary, without change.

To serve mankind as one's larger Self.

La única palabra que describe la bondad es bondad, y no es bastante.

Teach them the quiet verbs of kindness, to live beyond themselves.

had the heart of a socialist and the soul of a missionary

De pronto le pareció, que el amor erótico y el amor romántico, no era nada más que una forma o varias formas del ego. Por consiguiente, lo que había que hacer era dirigir el ego de uno mismo hacia destinatarios que no fuesen personas, o hacia personas de las que uno no esperase nada. El amor podia ser puro, pero sólo si no era egoista.

Why will doing a good deed every day produce such astounding effects 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.

Forget yourself by becoming interested in others. Every day do a good deed that will put a smile of joy on someone's face.

You can be cured in fourteen days if you follow this prescription. Try to think every day how you can please someone.

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

Giving is the highest expression of potency. In the very act of giving I experience my strength, my wealth, my power.

serving really involves giving people what is good for them, not merely pursuing their approval and granting their desires.

This is the essence of the death-to-self life: that we should no longer live for ourselves, but for him who died for us and rose again.

The other idea is, "I love you, and I will serve you by doing what is good for you, whether you want it or not.

No good deed goes unpunished.

Compassion is a universal language. - Robert Langdon

On the first landing, Langdon came face-to-face with a bronze bust of Masonic luminary Albert Pike, along with the engraving of his most famous quote: What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.