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Quotes About Altruism

We are fundamentally good, and evil is an aberration.
~ Desmond Tutu
We have good people. We have selfless people. We have great leaders.
~ Eden Robinson
I believe in cooperating for the common good.
~ Erskine Bowles
Selfless giving has a lot to do with what happens to you in the future. There is karma, both good and bad.
~ Frederick Lenz
The key to selfless giving is that you feel good when you do it and you feel good afterwards.
~ Frederick Lenz
whoever gives the common people food to eat is a good person whoever lets the common people starve is a bad person.
~ Hualing Nieh Engle
There's nothing more dangerous than than someone trying to act for the greater good.
~ James Patterson
As much as it's awful to learn about all the greedy and selfish decisions that some people make, I know there are many more people who have good intentions.
~ Jayni Chase
Most people are good. They may not be saints, but they are good.
~ Jimmy Wales
The common good is the notion of shared collective responsibility and reciprocity. It's that that we've lost.
~ Joan Wallach Scott
Good people are good people; religion has nothing to do with it.
~ Jodi Picoult
The luxury of doing good surpasses every other personal enjoyment.
~ John Gay
A good deed is a good deed.
~ John Lee Hancock
Generosity makes at least two people feel good.
~ Karan Casey
Sometimes you need to give people something that's for them, not just something that makes you feel good giving it.
~ Katherine Paterson
To me, giving back is so important. It makes others feel good which then in return makes me feel good.
~ Katie Cassidy
People can be good, people can be generous, people can be helpful. People can help those who are in need when they need it.
~ Kevin Sorbo
In nothing do humans approach so nearly to the gods as doing good to others.
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
Good exercise for the heart: reach out and help your neighbor
~ Mark Twain
When we are adding to those around us, the world, ourselves, it feels good and right on levels we cannot even consciously connect with.
~ Michael Adam Hamilton
I'm very interested in why we do good things, or bad things, and where moral judgments come from.
~ Paul Bloom
I think empathy can serve as a moral spark, motivating us to do good things. But anything can be a moral spark.
~ Paul Bloom
He that doth public good for multitudes, finds few are truly grateful
~ Philip Massinger
A good deed hidden in silence dies.
~ Pindar