Quotes About Altruism

Take the selfishness out of this world and there would be more happiness than we should know what to do with.

Thare iz a grate deal ov charity in this world so koldly rendered that it fairly hurts, it iz like lifting a drowning man out ov the water bi the hair ov the hed, and then letting him drop on the ground.

The simplest and shortest ethical precept is to be served as little as possible . . . and to serve others as much as possible.

I know now that people only seem to live when they care only for themselves, and that it is by love for others that they really live. He who has Love has God in him, and is in God - - because God is Love.

In Varenka, she realized that one has but to forget oneself and love others, and one will be calm, happy, and noble.

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

I understood that men only think that they live by caring only about themselves: in reality they live by love alone.

Oh no, Papa, Kitty objected warmly. Varenka adores her. And besides, she does so much good! Ask anyone you like! Everybody knows her and Aline Stah. Perhaps, he said, pressing her arm with his elbow. But it is better to do good so that, ask whom you will, no one knows anything about it.

I have learned that men live not by selfishness, but by love.

The vocation of every man and woman is to serve people.

Nothing can make our life, or the lives of other people, more beautiful than perpetual kindness.

Pierre's madness simply meant that he didn't wait, as in days gone by, for people to show personal qualities, what he might call virtues, before loving them. With his heart overflowing with love he loved people for no reason at all, and then had no trouble discovering many a sound reason that made them worth loving.

Here's what the happiness is: it's living for the others.

All men love live not by what they may intend for their own well-being, but by the love that dwells in others.

Kind people help each other even without noticing that they are doing so, and evil people act against each other on purpose. —CHINESE PROVERB

When the suffering of another creature causes you to feel pain, do not submit to the initial desire to flee from the suffering one, but on the contrary, come closer, as close as you can to him who suffers, and try to help him.

The only certain happiness in life is to live for others.

In Varenka she saw that it was only necessary to forget oneself and to love others in order to be at peace, happy, and lovely. And such a person Kitty wished to be. Having now clearly understood what was most important, Kitty was not content merely to delight in it, but immediately with her whole should devoted herself to this newly-revealed life.

So long as people do not consider all men as their brothers and do not consider human life as the most sacred thing, which rather than destroy they must consider it their first and foremost duty to support; that is so long as people do not behave towards one another in a religious manner, they will always ruin one another's lives for the sake of personal gain.

sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

Money, in itself, is evil. And therefore he who gives money gives evil.

in every man, there were two beings: one the spiritual, seeking only that kind of happiness for him self which should tend towards the happiness of all; the other, the animal man, seeking only his own happiness, and ready to sacrifice to it the happiness of the rest of the world.

And the main thing is," he continued, "that I know, and know for certain, that the enjoyment of doing this good is the only sure happiness in life.

blessed are the poor, the humble, the kind, the generous.