Quotes About Selflessness

Say that our lives are measured not by gain but by giving." The half-elf started to reply, but the Forestmaster interrupted.

If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell all thou hast and give it all to poor and then sue[8] me and thou shalt have treasure in heaven.

Everything turns out to be valuable that one does for one's self without thought of profit.

El crimen del loco consiste en que se prefiere a los demás. Esta preferencia impía me repugna en los que matan y me espanta en los que aman. La criatura amada ya no es, para esos avaros, sino una moneda de oro en que crispar los dedos. Ya no es un dios: apenas es una cosa. Me niego a hacer de ti un objeto, ni siquiera el Objeto amado. (p. 50)

And not actually the great sacrifice that I'm making

It's time for greatness -- not for greed. It's a time for idealism -- not ideology. It is a time not just for compassionate words, but compassionate action.

The only thing missing in any situation is that in which you are not giving

The most powerful thought is a prayerful thought. When I'm praying for you, I am praying for my own peace of mind. I can only have for myself what I am willing to wish for you.

But remember, there's only one of us here: What we give to others, we give to ourselves.

I surrender myself, that I might be used in bringing the end of suffering to all

What we give to others, we give to ourselves. What we withhold from others, we withhold from ourselves. In any moment when we choose fear instead of love, we deny ourselves the experience of Paradise.

only what you have not given can be lacking in any situation.

Another miraculous transformation is the shift from a sales mentality to a service mentality. When we're motivated by the desire to sell, we're only looking out for ourselves.  When we're motivated by the desire to serve, we're looking out for others.  Since in the realm of consciousness, we only get to keep what we give away, a service mentality is a far more abundant attitude.

How can I best serve the world?" take precedence over "What can I get out of this?" Within that realm, we naturally do get a job, we naturally do create money, and we naturally do produce an outer prosperity that reflects the prosperity in our hearts.

El ego se disipa y desaparece cuando lo entregamos a las manos de Dios. Son heridas, no maldad, lo que tenemos

Give all your gifts away in service to the world.  If you want to paint, don't wait for a grant, paint a wall in your town that looks drab and uninviting.  You never know who is going to see that wall. Whatever it is you want to do, give it away in service to your community.

Any good thing is less good the more any human being lays claim to it.

It is one of the best traits of good people that they love where they pity. And this is truer of women than of men. So they get themselves drawn into situations that are harmful to them. I have seen this happen many, many times. I have always had trouble finding a way to caution against it. Since it is, in a word, Christlike

Keeping his distance was a favor, a courtesy, to all those strangers who might, probably would, emerge somehow poorer for proximity to him.

And I gave you some of those chocolate cupcakes with the squiggle of white frosting across the top. I buy those for your mother because she loved them and won't buy them for herself.

We do so many things together. We go to theatres, exhibitions, bookstores, we spend hours and hours discussing politics, books, films, friends. And you think I do these things for the same reason you do, because I enjoy them. But you're wrong. I do them all for it, for the tapeworm. That's how it seems to me: that my whole life is no longer for my sake but for the sake of what I carry inside me, of which I am now no more than a servant.

Ik was de onbaatzuchtigste, de meest toegewijde van haar minnaars en gelegenheidsvriendjes. De opofferingsgezinde, gezeglijke sukkel.

Una acción virtuosa, un gesto de desprendimiento, un acto solidario despiertan, dice, una sensación de belleza comparable a la que deparan un bello paisaje, una música armoniosa o una vida que transcurre dentro de la prudencia, el respeto del prójimo, la amistad y la conducta irreprochable.

the gospel is never about seeking our own comfort