Quotes About Selflessness

All the joy the world contains Has come through wishing happiness for others. All the misery the world contains Has come through wanting pleasure for oneself.

When fear and suffering are disliked by me and others equally what is so special about me that I protect myself and not the other?

19. May I be an isle for those who yearn for land, A lamp for those who long for light; For all who need a resting place, a bed; For those who need a servant, may I be their slave.

And therefore I'll dispel the pain of others, For it is simply pain, just like my own. And others I will aid and benefit, For they are living beings, like my body.

So this is parenthood, he thought. You behave better than you might for the sake of your kid.

After pursuing God's will and purpose of my life here on earth, my biggest goal and top priority as a human being is to be absolutely nothing like anyone who's hurt and or caused me hardship throughout my life thus far. I'd never wish the pain I have felt and endured upon absolutely anybody.. Not even my worst enemy.

At this moment, I am not so concerned about myself. Everybody has to die sometime, and all I want is to go with dignity.

renoncer à trois choses : l'amour de soi, la loi du père et la morale de la mère.

What is needed, however, isn't just that people working together be nice to each other. It is discipline. Discipline is hard--harder than trustworthiness and skill and perhaps even than selflessness. We are by nature flawed and inconstant creatures. We can't even keep from snacking between meals. We are not built for discipline. We are built for novelty and excitement, not for careful attention to detail. Discipline is something we have to work at.

It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so 'don't fuss, dear; get on with it'.

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. . . . As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.

I think one must take responsibility for one's actions and one's decisions. But one should never take -- one should never assume that everything that happens for the good is achieved by one's self alone.

What you keep for yourself, you lose. What you give away, you keep forever.

What you keep to yourself you lose, what you give away, you keep forever.

Every Islamic value I had been taught instructed me to put myself last. Life on earth is a test, and if you manage to put yourself last in this life, you are serving Allah; your place will be first in the Hereafter. The more deeply you submit your will, the more virtuous that makes you.

The single defining characteristic of iconic Good Motherhood is self-abnegation. Her children's needs come first; their health and happiness are her primary concern. They occupy all her thoughts, her day is constructed around them, and anything and everything she does is for their sakes.

If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject.

I could die for you. But I couldn't, and wouldn't, live for you.

HiçbirÅŸeyi olmayan?n bile isteyince vereceÄŸi çok ÅŸeyi vard?r. Ald?kça deÄŸil, verdikçe mutluyuz. Kendinden vermek mutluluktur, ama kendini vermek en büyük mutluluktur

Mahatma is one whose soul doesn't rest in peace while there are tears even in a single eye.

Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless. It enslaves him almost before he has tasted freedom. The 'ologies' will tell you how its done Theology calls it building a conscience or developing a spirit of selflessness. Psychology calls it the growth of the superego. Considering how long society has been at it, you'd expect a better job. But the campaigns have been badly planned and the victory has never been secured.

And we must not have the feeling of arrogance when indulging in the acts of charity, for if one does any good thing for others with the sense of the 'doer-ship' one loses all merit, according to the ancient Indian thought. Chanakya has merely repeated the same thought.]

Seek the good of other men, but be not in bondage to their faces or fancies; for that is but facility, or softness; which taketh an honest mind prisoner.