Quotes About Altruism

Like Robin Hood....Not real, but true.

Robin Hood might not have existed. Maybe there never was a band of Merry Men waiting in Sherwood Forest for King Richard's return. But I'd like to think it happened. We've seen him in other times and places. Some people still stand up for what's right, some people do protect the helpless, some people fight for justice – and that's what makes the story of Robin Hood true.

Of what use to humanity, I ask myself, is a man who cannot see beyond his own hurt?

The degree of cooperation between organisms can be expected to be a direct function of the proportion of the genes they share; conversely, the degree of conflict between them is an inverse function of the proportion of shared genes.

Don't shave my head to make your wig of selfishness. Shave it because you care.

I cut an inch off of every straw I see, just to make the world suck a little less.

Lots of people are willing to die for the person they love, which is a pity, for it is a much grander thing to live for that person.

The best cure for one's own grief and pain was worrying about the well-being of someone else.

the desire to sacrifice oneself for love is so otherworldly that it must have come from another world. It is so alien to the tooth and claw of natural selection that it must be the result of a supernatural selection.

A happy person strikes a balance between doing good and doing well.

The only actions that do not cause opposing reactions are those that are aimed at the good of all.

Ask yourself often: 'What can I give here; how can I be of service to this person, this situation?

Whatever I may do to serve you will be prompted solely from selfish motives, since it gives me more pleasure to serve you than not.

All of our time, energy, and money go into keeping people away from us, into building up walls. What if we didn't do that? What if we became part of the world around us? What if we used all of that time, energy, and money for something else? For a greater good? We would no longer be people who were only worth a trash bag full of ransom money. We would be people who were worth something real.

Perversity, sadism, sexual aberration, etc., are parts of the nomenclature of the human spirit—just like altruism, fellowship, love, and all that. No, I'm not saying it's cool to be perverse, sadistic, and sexually aberrant, but I think it's honest to be curious about the very worst that humanity has to offer, and the very worst manner in which mankind has presented itself. Not only is it honest, I dare say it's healthy

She cannot stay out of duty. The things one does, one should do out of love.

He who has charity is far from all sin.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

I know of only one duty, and that is to love.

You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.

Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.

Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.

Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.

Only a life lived for others is worth living.