Quotes About Altruism

Happiness is open to all, since, when you boil it down, it merely consists of contentment with what you have got and doing what you can for other people.

If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else.

Happiness comes to them who bring happiness to others.

When we help ourselves, we find moments of happiness. When we help others, we find lasting fulfillment.

All those who are unhappy in the world are so as a result of their desire for their own happiness. All those who are happy in the world are so as a result of their desire for the happiness of others.

Happiness is a skill, emotional balance is a skill, compassion and altruism are skills, and like any skill they need to be developed. That's what education is about.

To love is to be delighted by the happiness of someone, or to experience pleasure upon the happiness of another. I define this as true love.

All happiness comes from the desire for others to be happy.

Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.

To wish happiness for others, even for those who want to do us harm, is the source of consummate happiness.

Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but from what we give.

All the happiness there is in this world Arises from wishing others to be happy. And all the suffering there is in this world Arises from wishing oneself to be happy.

Understand that the only way to get happiness is by giving it away to others.

You cannot always have happiness, but you can always give happiness.

Seek to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you.

True happiness comes only by making others happy.

But the "wise" person understands something else— that we are all connected and, therefore, his or her own happiness must include the happiness of others.

The wiser course is to think of others when pursuing our own happiness.

The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being.

If we suffer in the sufferings of others and feel happy in the happiness of others, we are loving God.

To be of use to the world is the only way to be happy.

All the happiness there is in the world arises from wishing others to be happy.

We can't have happiness if we cause others unhappiness.

Happiest are the people who give most happiness to others.