Quotes About Selflessness

There can be no [ego] desire if there is no object. The state of no-desire is enlightenment.

he does not pursue activities with the notion that he is the doer;

The wise one lives without the feeling of I-ness or mine-ness. What is this I, or what is "mine"? Be devoid of the feeling of mine-ness and I-ness, knowing for certain that Nothing is—in Me, individual selves rise and disappear.

What there is to be proud of? One answer is: Darwin-like behavior. Go above and beyond the call of a smoothly functioning conscience; help those who aren´t likely to help you in return, and do so when nobody is watching

If you put these two fundamental Buddhist ideas together—the idea of not-self and the idea of emptiness—you have a radical proposition: neither the world inside you nor the world outside you is anything like it seems.

According to the teaching of the Buddha, the idea of self is an imaginary, false belief which has no corresponding reality, and it produces harmful thoughts of 'me' and 'mine,' selfish desire, craving, attachment, hatred, ill-will, conceit, pride, egoism, and other defilements, impurities, and problems. It is the source of all the troubles in the world from personal conflicts to wars between nations. In short, to this false view can be traced all the evil in the world.

According to the teaching of the Buddha, the idea of self is an imaginary, false belief which has no corresponding reality, and it produces harmful thoughts of 'me' and 'mine,' selfish desire, craving, attachment, hatred, ill-will, conceit, pride, egoism, and other defilements, impurities, and problems.

So, yes, we need to reject the core evolutionary value of the specialness of self. Indeed, there's probably never been a time in human history when this rejection was more vital.

A woman who took care of everyone, except herself, and she begins to fade away in our arms. And even then we don't realize

Love isn't just about feeling sure of the other person, knowing what he would give up for you. It's knowing with certainty what you are willing to surrender for his sake. Make no mistake; each partner gives up something. Individual dreams are surrendered for a shared one.

Every small, unselfish action nudges the world into a better path. An accumulation of small acts can change the world.

Every small, unselfish action nudges the world into a better path.

Patience had once counseled me that the best way to stop pitying myself was to do something for someone else.

Not every problem in the world belongs to you alone, Badgerlock. Let others have their share.

That isn't how I see it, Amber. That isn't how I see it at all. It's just my life, and now that I have finally discovered what I must have to be happy, I'm willing to lay down my life for it. That's all.' She smiled. 'That is all . You are right. And that is all that All ever is.

Not every problem in the world belongs to you, Tom Badgerlock. Let others have their share.

A moment ago you spoke of love without need. To sate your need without love is theft.

We all tend to believe that suffering is a mark of true love, that to refuse to suffer is selfish, and that if a man has a problem then a woman should help him change.

But I think I cannot own a thing and love it at the same time. Owning diminishes the innate sovereignty of a thing, enriching the possessor and reducing the possessed. -- Barbara Kingsolver writes, 'It's going to take the most selfless kind of love to do right by what we cherish and give it the protection to flourish outside our possessive embrace'.

It would be so satisfying to provide for the well-being of others— like being a mother again, like being needed.

Wealth among traditional people is measured by having enough to give away. Hoarding the gift, we become constipated with wealth, bloated with possessions, too heavy to join the dance.

We must uncenter our minds from ourselves; We must unhmanize our views a little, and become confident As the rock and ocean that we were made from.

The world says, "Push to the front of the line!" Jesus says, "Go to the back of the line." The world says, "Brand yourself and blast your accomplishments all over social media!" Jesus says, "If you want to be great you have to first learn to serve.

Yes, she had held her family together, but at what cost to herself.