Quotes About Altruism

You know what really offers you satisfaction? Offering others what you have to give.

To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.

Generosity is the flower of justice.

If a man sets his heart on benevolence he will be free from evil.

It is not enough to be compassionate, we must act.

One is not called noble who harms living beings. By not harming living beings one is called noble.

Bless be the ones who serve others. They are the ones who find heaven on earth.

This is our special duty, that if anyone specially needs our help, we should give him such help to the utmost of our power.

We must want for others, not ourselves alone.

That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.

Want to snatch a day from the manacles of boredom? Do overgenerous deeds, acts beyond reimbursement. Kindness without compensation. Do a deed for which you cannot be repaid.

Be Charitable before wealth make thee covetous, and loose not the glory of the Mite.

You are remembered for your goodness.

With all the things I've been through, the No. 1 thing that I've learned is that we're supposed to help people through this world.

There is nothing selfish about enjoying yourself. In fact, as wise people have long said and psychologists have since discovered, happiness makes people less self-focused and more altruistic.

When you're a good giver you're a good getter.

Be helpful - even if there's no immediate profit in it.

Go forth in every direction- for the happiness, the harmony, the welfare of the many. Offer your heart, the seeds of understanding, like a lamp overturned and re-lit, illuminating the darkness.

I believe in goodness, mercy and charity. I believe in casting bread upon the waters.

Do you think that the man-loving God has given you much so that you could use it only for your own benefit? No, but so that your abundance might supply the lack of others.

In charity there is no excess.

I think after a certain amount, I'm going to give almost everything I have to charity. What else can you do with it? You can't spend it, even if you try. I've been trying.

Art can compel people freely, gladly, and spontaneously to sacrifice themselves in the service of man.

True giving happens when we give from our heart.