Quotes About Altruism

Man must look after man, for we have no gods to watch over us.

Mother Teresa said that for a sacrifice to be real, it must cost, must hurt, and we must empty ourselves,

The gift blesses the giver.

We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society.

He does not live in vain, who employs his wealth, his thought, his speech to advance the good of others.

It's not a crime! Caring about your friends is not a crime!

There is no good or evil in light, or darkness. It does not exist. If there is justice in this world, it may well lie in love, and naught else.

Only when I save the lives of others do I truly feel as though I am human. Do you only feel that you are human when you take the lives of others?

this ones who think of others and those who think of themselves, the unmistakable truth that these two cannot coexist!

The simple rule was never to refuse any one or thing in need. "It's not your job to read their hearts," he once told me after I claimed, with shameful certainty, that begging was a profession. "Your duty is not to doubt but to give. And don't ask questions at the door. Allow them only to tell you what they came for after they've had tea and something to eat.

The simple rule was never to refuse any one or thing in need. "It's not your job to read their hearts," he once told me after I claimed, with shameful certainty, that begging was a profession. "Your duty is not to doubt but to give.

Mänsklighetens minne är bristfälligt och orättvist, och våra äldsta och största välgörare ha vi glömt.

Sometimes you have to take the focus off of you and put it on someone else and it's funny what you can accomplish and how much strength you really have.

Once, there was a girl who vowed she would save everyone in the world, but forgot herself.

Love is a noble cause. How can anything done in the service of a noble cause be wrong?

Love is a noble cause,' Vivi reminded her. 'How can anything done in the service of a noble cause be wrong?

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

Ah! What pleasure it must be to a woman to suffer for the one she loves!

Ba?kalar?n?n mutlulu?u, art?k mutlu olamayacaklar?n sevinci olur.

She bought raffle tickets for charity, gave money to street performers, and was always sponsoring annoying friends who were running yet another marathon for some worthy cause (even though the true cause was their own fitness).

Sharing is caring!" "You

altruism without action, it didn't get better than that!

Consider, for example, lust versus love. When we lust after someone or something, we think in terms of what they (or it) can do for us. When we love, however, our thoughts are immersed in what we can give to someone else. Giving makes us feel good, so we do it happily. But when we lust, we only want to take. When someone we love is in pain, we feel pain. When someone whom we lust is in pain, we only think in terms of what that loss or inconvenience means to us.

When a person gives, he loves the object of his giving more -- and so love is planted and grows.