Quotes About Altruism

The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of oneself to others.

Mankind Men, said the Devil, are good to their brothers: they don't want to mend their own ways, but each other's.

Hvis man regner med belønning for sin godhed, er det ikke godhed, men beregning.

Kindness which is bestowed on the good is never lost.

Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.

To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage

Whilst he was very young, he was a soldier in the expedition against Potidaea, where Socrates lodged in the same tent with him, and stood next him in battle. Once there happened a sharp skirmish, in which they both behaved with signal bravery; but Alcibiades receiving a wound, Socrates threw himself before him to defend him, and beyond any question saved him and his arms from the enemy, and so in all justice might have challenged the prize of valor. But

It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.

Rather than "Survival of the Fittest"—which wasn't from Charles Darwin; it was a philosopher interpreting Darwin in 1864— we might have had the opposite, "Survival of the Most Cooperative.

T]he formless self is free from all suffering even as it compassionately 'takes on' the suffering of all.

Pity is the feeling of well-intentioned people who are unable to act.

Kami bermaksud baik Ngama. Ngama adat jangan sangsi. Kami ingin menolong yang sakit.

Kebahagiaan orang jang punja ialah mengamalkan kepunjaannya jang dipandangnja kurang dibutuhkannja kepada orang jang terlalu membutuhinja tapi tak kuasa mempunjainja.

Tak ada manusia hidup tanpa persahabatan dan kebaikan, karena yang bukan demikian bukan manusia,

It is when you stand by a person in his or her hour of crisis that you reveal your own humanity.

he never asked nor accepted any reward, because he was good and simple and did not think that one did good for a reward.

Any charitable act is love in motion, and love needs no publicity because love just is.

Live a simple life so others can simply live

All the statistics in the world can not measure the brilliance of compassion.

Compassion is of eternity.

There is an inscription in history that can not be forgotten. This is suffering and sacrifice for others.

What actions are most excellent? To gladden the heart of human beings, to feed the hungry, to help the afflicted, to lighten the sorrow of the sorrowful, and to remove the sufferings of the injured.

Show mercy to those on earth And Allah will show mercy to you

Verily, a man teaching his child manners is better than giving one bushel of grain in alms.