Quotes About Altruism

The really important kind of freedom involves...being able truly to care about other people...

Make a difference about something other than yourselves.

A candle loses nothing of its light by lighting another candle.

If I am only happy for myself, many fewer chances for happiness. If I am happy when good things happen to other people, billions more chances to be happy!

Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.

There are many people who can do big things, but there are very few people who will do the small things.

Sometimes you have to put your own dreams on hold temporarily so you can help release a dream in somebody else. What you make happen for others, God will make happen for you.

True compassion does not come from wanting to help out those less fortunate than ourselves but from realizing our kinship with all beings.

What I spent, is gone; what I kept, I lost; but what I gave away will be mine forever.

Compassion is a two way street.

If you can't return a favor, pass it on.

To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.

We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.

Generosity is the best investment.

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?

Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.

He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.

Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.

Every time you do a good deed you shine the light a little farther into the dark. And the thing is, when you're gone that light is going to keep shining on, pushing the shadows back.

I've observed over and over that people seem to get a much deeper sense of fulfillment out of something they've done as an act of service than out of the things they do for themselves.

The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.

Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served.

They alone live, who live for others.

Day, the champion of the people, the one who can't bear to see those around him suffer on his behalf, who would gladly give his life for those he loves.