Quotes About Altruism

More important though—live for others, just as much as for yourself. If you do that, their strength becomes, in some mysterious way, yours. There is always somebody, somewhere, who needs you. Never, for one minute, ever lose sight of that. If they are not with you, not near you now—go and find them, even if it means voyaging thousands of miles to do it.

To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate another's grief is to alleviate or dispel your own.

During the practice you transform your own body into nectar that feeds all beings,

No," Winter grumbled. "Thank you," Qibli said, entirely too sincerely for Winter. "Well," Winter said, "I would have done the same thing for anyone, you know." "I know," Qibli said. "I like that about you.

This is the part where I die pointlessly. The one who gets sacrificed so the real heroes can get on with saving the day.

Surrender the grasping disposition of selfishness, and you will attain to that calm state of mind which conveys perfect peace, goodness, and wisdom.

Self-sacrificial acts that are motivated by true love always have the other person's best interest at heart

Empathy doesn't necessarily mean being self-sacrificing. Far from it. Understanding how someone else sees things doesn't imply that you'll act in his interest; in some situations — in war, for example — you want to do exactly the opposite.

Nadie puede dar lo que no le pertenece.

Allowing someone else to make us happy will make them happy too.

When we can do nothing else, we can still love, without expecting any reward or change or gratitude.

What is a Gift? A Gift is your way of serving the world.

Everyone contributes a word, a sentence, an image, but in the end it all makes sense: the happiness of one becomes the joy of all.

One loves because Love is the Greatest Gift, not because it gives us something in return.

There is no happiness in having and getting, only in giving.

People always tend to help others just so that they can feel better than what they really are

I ask all those who hope to one day work for the good of humanity: never forget that even if you deliver up your body to be burned, you gain nothing if you have not Love. Nothing!

Chi ama aspettandosi qualcosa in cambio perde il suo tempo.

The only greatness is unselfish Love.

People tend to help others just so that they can feel are better than they really are.

Y, de nuevo, quien ama sale ganando, aunque no busque ninguna recompensa.

I am always moved, with grateful wonder, by the goodness of people. For the few who are prying or meanly critical, for the very few who rejoice in the grief of others, there are the thousands who are kind. I have come to believe that the natural human heart is good, and I have observed that this goodness is found in all varieties of people, and that it can and does prevail in spite of other corruptions. This human goodness alone provides hope enough for the world. I have sometimes

But somewhere I had learned from Thoreau, who doubtless learned it from Confucius, that if a man comes to do his own good for you, then must you flee that man and save yourself.

I am always moved, with grateful wonder, by the goodness of people. For the few who are prying or meanly critical, for the very few who rejoice in the grief of others, there are the thousands who are kind. I have come to believe that the natural human heart is good, and I have observed that this goodness is found in all varieties of people, and that it can and does prevail in spite of other corruptions. This human goodness alone provides hope enough for the world.