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Quotes About Altruism

Good deeds, create good will, which opens the heart to the good news.
~ Eric Swanson
I do not believe in a religion that cannot wipe out the widow's tears or bring a piece of bread to the orphan's mouth.
~ Bill Vaughan
The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others.
~ Bertrand Russell
True religion... is giving and finding one's happiness by bringing happiness into the lives of others.
~ William J. H. Boetcker
I am convinced that everyone can develop a good heart and a sense of universal responsibility with or without religion.
~ Dalai Lama
She thought there were no Gods; no one was to blame; and so she evolved this atheist's religion of doing good for the sake of goodness.
~ Virginia Woolf
When love overflows and is expressed through every word and deed, we call it compassion. That is the goal of religion.
~ Mata Amritanandamayi
My religion is kindness. A good mind, a good heart, warm feelings these are the most important things.
~ Dalai Lama
Love for others what you love for yourself
~ Anonymous
There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.
~ Woodrow Wilson
As the little boy said to the Sunday School teacher after being told the reason we are on Earth is to help others: "Then what are the others here for?"
~ Anonymous
Helping othersI order you to assist any oppressed person, whether he is a Moslem or not.
~ Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams
My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
~ Thomas Paine
Go beyond yourself and reach out to other people with a sincere love, respect, caring, and understanding of their needs.
~ Susan Polis Schutz
Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but for its use.
~ Gamaliel Bailey
I have told everybody that what we are doing is for the love of God and works of love are always to accept and respect others.
~ Mother Teresa
A man should not be judged by his fame, power, or money, but rather by how much love he gives to others.
~ Sandranil Biswas
I finally understood what true love meant...love meant that you care for another person's happiness more than your own, no matter how painful the choices you face might be.
~ Nicholas Sparks
Love and you shall be loved. All love is mathematically just, as much as two sides of an algebraic equation.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
~ Anton Chekhov
Love gives without taking
~ Erica Jong
Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life
~ Yassine Aumerally
esa parte de nosotros que los sabios llaman el Deseo de recibir sólo para nosotros mismos; debemos arrancarlo de raíz y transformarlo en algo positivo.
~ Yehuda Berg
Lo que hemos hecho por nosotros mismos muere con nosotros; lo que hemos hecho por los demás y por el mundo permanece y es inmortal".
~ Yehuda Berg