Quotes About Altruism

EM Forster, though, saw it a little more evenhandedly: 'when human beings love they try to get something. They also try to give something, and this double aim makes love more complicated than food or sleep. It is selfish and altruistic at the same time, and no amount of specialization in one direction quite atrophies the other.

Anyone who gives wings to another's shoulders, and then along the way gradually spreads out a hidden net, extinguishes completely the ardent charity enkindled by love precisely where it most desires to burn.

Every life is meant to help all lives; each man should live for all men's betterment.

I'm giving all I am to all of this. It's for you.

Giving was better than getting

The law is that the hungry must be fed, and the homeless must be housed, and the sick must be healed. That is the way of the Light." Maerad

The law is that the hungry must be fed, and the homeless must be housed, and the sick must be healed. That is the way of the Light.

Japanese children were taught a code in school. It had three laws: (a) Do not be a burden to others; (b) Take care of others; (c) Do not expect rewards for your goodness.

I cannot go with you all the way on your journey, but I would go as far as I might

A melancholy conclusion, if such were really the case for, were it so, good and evil would be alike devoid of aim every man would be justified in thinking only of himself, and in subordinating every other consideration to the satisfaction of his material instincts. Thus all social ties would be broken, and the holiest affections would be destroyed forever.

os princípios da verdadeira caridade, que são: a benevolência, a indulgência, a abnegação e o devotamento.

Cuando la ley de amor y de caridad sea la ley de la humanidad, ya no habrá egoísmo: el débil y el pacífico ya no serán explotados ni pisoteados por el fuerte y el violento. Tal será el estado de la Tierra cuando, según la ley del progreso y la promesa de Jesús, venga a ser un mundo feliz por la expulsión de los malos.

La caridad es la virtud fundamental que debe sostener todo el edificio de las virtudes terrestres; sin ellas, las otras no existen. Sin la caridad no hay esperanza en una vida mejor, no hay interés moral que nos guíe; sin caridad no hay fe, porque la fe sólo es un rayo puro que hace brillar a un alma caritativa.

Thank you. You're a kind person. It doesn't cost anything to be kind. People forget. Kindness doesn't cost a dime.

You can't turn your back on people who need your help. It's a matter of decency.

I want to give back." He looked at her and said in all seriousness, "Why? What did you take?

they saw in democracy something more than opportunities for self-interest and self-aggrandizement,

to serve so selflessly, you have to subdue something in yourself.

Our new concept of just power argues that the promotion of justice should be the aim of modern statecraft, not for altruistic reasons, but because it is the only sustainable way that states can promote progress and stability in a globalised world.

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

Number 9 (18/9, 27/9, 36/9): Nines are the old souls of the group. They tend to be selfless humanitarians who are more interested in serving the greater good than themselves. If you're a nine, you see the bigger picture of life, and people are drawn to you for the wisdom you offer.

La pelvis de una mujer es como un reloj de arena capaz de medir el tiempo. Crea y alberga la vida a un mismo tiempo. Cuando la dieta de la madre es insuficiente, se extraen los nutrientes de sus propios dientes y huesos. Las mujeres están hechas para ser altruistas.

Eso es el heroísmo: a cambio de nada.

La verdadera generosidad es la que nadie puede comprender