Quotes About Altruism

Love seeketh not Itself to please Nor for itself hath any care, But for another gives its ease And builds a Heaven in Hell's despair.' So sung a little Clod of Clay Trodden with the cattle's feet, But a Pebble of the brook Warbled out these metres meet: 'Love seeketh only Self to please, To bind another to Its delight, Joys in another's loss of ease, And builds a Hell in Heaven's despite.

Love seeketh not Itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care; But for another gives its ease, And builds a Heaven in Hells despair. So sang a little Clod of Clay, Trodden with the cattle's feet; But a Pebble of the brook, Warbled out these metres meet. Love seeketh only Self to please, To bind another to Its delight: Joys in anothers loss of ease, And builds a Hell in Heavens despite. - The Clod and the Pebble

Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care, But for another gives it ease, And builds a heaven in hell's despair. So sang a little clod of clay, Trodden with the cattle's feet, But a pebble of the brook Warbled out these metres meet: Love seeketh only Self to please, To bind another to its delight, Joys in another's loss of ease, And builds a hell in heaven's despite. THE CLOD AND THE PEBBLE

Love seeketh not Itself to please. Nor for itself hath any care; But for another gives its ease. And builds a Heaven in Hells despair. Love seeketh only Self to please, To bind another to Its delight; Joys in anothers loss of ease. And builds a Hell in Heavens despite.

Can I see another's woe, And not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, And not seek for kind relief?

Adopting a child is a blessing. Those who perceive themselves as doing someone a favor are not ready to adopt. Pity is such an insult. When making a lifetime commitment to someone, it's no time to let guilt or excessive altruism take over.

She [Ayn Rand] had to declare that....altruism was despicable, that only self-interest is good and noble. (About Ayn Rand)

What did Miss Rand in was her anxiety to theologize her beliefs. She was an eloquent and persuasive antistatist, and if only she had left it at that—but no, she had to declare that God did not exist, that altruism was despicable, that only self-interest is good and noble. She risked, in fact, giving to capitalism that bad name that its enemies have done so well in giving it; and that is a pity.

Her four pupils bored into his, her white face perfectly immobile. "Altruism? What's happening to you?" "I don't know," he said.

There were some things you did, no matter what, and when a friend needed help, you helped them.

the friends of humanity once more appear, in their zeal to help somebody, to be trampling on those who are trying to help themselves.

Love your neighbor as yourself" cannot mean love your neighbor as if your neighbor were you. Only

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves. (1778 - 1830)

Be more prompt to go to a friend in adversity than in prosperity.

A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses.

If you want happiness for a lifetime - help the next generation.

Mother Teresa once said, "If I look at the mass, I will never act. If I look at the one, I will." In

love something—or someone—so much that you would willingly sacrifice yourself. I want to be brave like that.

Vaishnava jana to tene kahiyeje pi?a paraay? jaa?e re. Only those who feel the pain of others may be called truly good. Sarojini sees her listening and says, "A doctor is like that, no?

Don't known how I'll be remembered, but I hope it is with that kind of fondness, the selfless guy who took lots of pictures but was never in them. Perfect.

In truth, Riley's crew didn't make trouble. They were fixers. The school's go-to team of Robin Hoods. They only tried to right wrongs, protect innocent kids from bullies, look out for abused animals, and, basically, use their talents to do all the good they could.

The second you make it all about you, is the second you've already lost. It's about people - it always has been and it always will be.

The panic of altruism: sadness rests inside the body, always, nascent like the inflammation of a chronic disease. Therefore, empathy is not a reaching outward. It is a loop. Because there isn't any separation any more between what you are and what you see.

Qui Servum Magnum - He Who Serves Greatest.