Quotes About Selflessness

When your amnesia over your identity begins to be cured, you will realize finally that dak dzin, grasping at self, is the root cause of all your suffering. You will understand at last how much harm it has done both to yourself and to others, and you will realize that both the noblest and the wisest thing to do is to cherish others instead of cherishing yourself. This will bring healing to your heart, healing to your mind, and healing to your spirit.

If all the harms Fears and sufferings in the world Arise from self-grasping, What need have I for such a great evil spirit?

what is in our ego's self-interest and what is in our ultimate interest;

the practice of Tonglen, which in Tibetan means "giving and receiving

Give all profit and gain to others, Take all loss and defeat on yourself.

the Tonglen practice of giving and receiving is to take on the suffering and pain of others, and give them your happiness, well-being, and peace of mind.

My interest in material wealth and greed for possessions were replaced by a thirst for spiritual understanding and a passionate desire to see world conditions improve.1

Don't give out cos u have alot, give out like u don't worth what u own

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. You are connected to your child and to all those who touch your lives. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.

Heroes are the saints of every nation.

Among the real heroines in the world who will come into the Church are women who are more concerned with being righteous than with being selfish. These real heroines have true humility, which places a higher value on integrity than on visibility. Remember, it is as wrong to do things just to be seen of women as it is to do things to be seen of men. Great women and men are always more anxious to serve than to have dominion.

We must eliminate the individual tendency to selfishness that snares the soul, shrinks the heart, and darkens the mind.

In the Church, we can give expression to every ability, every righteous desire, every thoughtful impulse. Whether a volunteer, father, home teacher, bishop, or neighbor, whether a visiting teacher, mother, homemaker, or friend—there is ample opportunity to give our all. And as we give, we find that 'sacrifice brings forth the blessings of heaven!' (Hymns, no. 147) And in the end, we learn it was no sacrifice at all.

What message may I take from you to the young people in Zion?" The answer was quick and positive. "Tell them," said the doomed man, "to keep their lives so full of good works that there will be no room for evil.

As we lose ourselves in service to others, we find greater spirituality and happiness.

I am very happy Because I have conquered myself And not the world. I am very happy Because I have loved the world And not myself.

Happiness is never your own; it is where the 'I' is not. It is beyond your reach; you have only to reach out beyond yourself and you will find it.

The body has to be utilized for service to others. More bliss can be got from serving others than from merely serving oneself.

Service broadens your vision widens your awareness. Deepens your compassion.

You are not here to be sad. You are not here to blame. You are not here to be miserable. You are not here to worry. You are not here to show off. You are not here to get stressed out. You are not here to get irritated and irritate others.

Human evolution has two steps - from being somebody to being nobody; and from being nobody to being everybody. This knowledge can bring sharing and caring throughout the world.

Free from feverishness or desires in the mind, united with your Being, centered, when you act without expecting something from it, without wanting to grab or take anything, your action becomes perfect and free from blemishes.

Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well and can be of service to him. And blessed is he who loves his brother as well when he is afar off as when he is by his side, and who would say nothing behind his back he might not, in love, say before his face.