Quotes About Altruism

Non nobis solum nati sumus. ( Not for ourselves alone are we born. )

In real love, you want the other person's good. In romantic love, you want the other person.

If we have the opportunity to be generous with our hearts, ourselves, we have no idea of the depth and breadth of love's reach.

I have learned to love that which is meant to harm me, so that I can stand in the way of those who are less strong. I can take the bullets for those who aren't able to.

Kindness is stronger than iron bars.

The river never drinks its own water. The tree never tastes its own fruit. The field never consumes its own harvest. They selflessly strive for the well-being of all those around them. —Mewari proverb, India

It's been said thousands of times, in all faiths and philosophies. Know thyself. What may be less clear in these wise expressions is the reason we learn to know ourselves: we develop a knowledge of self so that we can give up the self and serve others.

Focus on serving others. ... No matter what is going on around us, we can attend to the people in front of us, to the issues confronting us and there, we offer what we can. We can offer insight and compassion. We can be present. We can stay and not flee. We can be exemplars of the best human qualities. That is a life well lived, even if we didn't save the world.

Maybe selflessness was only selfishness on another level.

Giving is a necessity sometimes... more urgent, indeed, than having.

I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings.

No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he only had good intentions. He had money as well.

No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well.

His love for her was a gift he gave her daily, expecting nothing in return. He walked at her side, his love for her a torch to guide her footsteps along the dark path she walked.

If you live only for yourself, dying is an especially scary proposition.

The nourishment of body is food, while the nourishment of the soul is feeding others.

The gift of food to the hungry is the noblest of all gifts.

Donate to the extent that you don't have food for yourself after feeding the needy.

With "We Are The World," I can't even eat when I watch that on television. If I'm eatin' some food, I have to put it down. I feel very strongly about that.

Share your food with the needy and you shall see that your food will taste much better!

To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.

Give plenty of what is given to you, And listen to pity's call. Don't think the little you give is great, And the much you get is small.

If you want to love you must serve, if you want freedom you must die.

it was while helping others to be free that I gained my own freedom.