Quotes About Altruism

Gli amanti degli animali sono una speciale razza umana, generosa di spirito, piena di empatia, forse un po' incline al sentimentalismo, e con cuori immensi come un cielo senza nuvole.

I think you're being selfish." "What do you mean, selfish?" Wally asked. "A war is for your country, it's serving your country!" "To you, it's an adventure," Candy said. "That's what's selfish about it.

It's rare when there's something we can do for ourselves which also pleases someone else.

Come amiamo amar le cose per conto di altri! Come amiamo che altri amino le cose tramite i nostri occhi

I've done all I want to do about me, already," Jenny told her son. "Now I'm interested in other people.

I find that I can have no enjoyment in the World but continual drinking of Knowledge - I find there is no worthy pursuit but the idea of doing some good for the world

he thinks there are only three important things in life: 'The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.

Society cannot function if it is every man for himself. By definition, civilization cannot survive that.

True compassion is not just an emotional response but a firm commitment founded on reason.

Citizenship is an attitude, a state of mind, an emotional conviction that the whole is greater than the part...and that the part should be humbly proud to sacrifice itself that the whole may live.

Compassion may be defined as the capacity to be attentive to the experience of others, to wish the best for others, and to sense what will truly serve others.

We now come to the grand law of the system in which we are placed, as it has been developed by the experience of our race, and that, in one word, is SACRIFICE!

Whatever you wish to experience in your own lifetime, cause another to experience in theirs. What you bring to another, you bring to the Self, for there is no other in ultimate reality.

It is when you experience another's suffering as your own that your human values is manifested.

The higher oneÂ's level of helpfulness to others, the greater wellbeing one will experience.

ANYONE WHO GIVES ANYTHING—TIME, MONEY, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS, AND NETWORKS—IN ANY AMOUNT, TO CREATE A BETTER WORLD.

A success unshared is a failure.

Altruism became the sole legitimate motivation for giving a kidney. And it is a partial - I say a partial failure.

The goodness you do might fail; but keep doing it, because the real failure is never doing goodness!

Even if one is not hungry and although eat is called HumanBeing Even though one is hungry and although does not eat is HumanBeing

The world cannot always understand one's profession of faith, but it can understand service.

It is not enough to long for a person as a good for oneself, one must also, and above all, long for that person's good.

Giving is more than a responsibility-it is a privilege; more than an act of obedience-it is evidence of our faith.

The most important elements of faith [are] believing in something bigger than yourself, taking care of those less fortunate than you.