Quotes About Selflessness

I often say that if I had a prayer, it would be this: God, spare me from the desire for love, approval, or appreciation. Amen. I

In human history there a precious few whose memory we revere because they knowingly sacrificed themselves for others. For each of them, there are multitudes who did nothing.

You can't just check out and think it will all be over. It won't be over for anyone who loves you. You'll only leave them to run after the pieces that scatter in the angry wind. You'll leave them desperately trying to solve the problems you wouldn't . . . all while plugging their own wounds. Even if you're like me, single without children, you could impact generations. Is quick relief worth it?

When you can do that, little Wren, when you can accept the wearing down and the eroding, then you can do anything. How did I manage to keep going out nights? I just told myself I didn't matter all that much—that those in here mattered more. You know something? It's not so hard really. You just have to get past the fear.

It takes everything I've got to offer, but not more than I wish to give.

Not everything we do in this world is about us, Panther. Sometimes we have do things for other reasons. Sometimes we've got to forget about ourselves and help others. If not, what's the point?

It takes everything I've got to offer, but not more than I wish to give." He pointed.

We reap a reward merely in the act of helping others. We never know how, or if, that reward will come back to us. Helping is the reward; none other is needed nor better.

To love someone means that you sometimes are fulfilled the most by putting thier deepest desires above your own.

Not all choices in life are ones you would like, but those are all that are presented to you. Sometimes you must choose what is better for the ones you love than yourself.

if you went through life expecting gratitude for the help you provided, you might end up leading a miserable life.

You are not struggling to rule, but to give others a chance at ruling their own lives. So stop ruling and let them live those lives.

To save the world takes one cold son of a bitch.

Charity ain't giving people what you wants to give, it's giving people what they need to get.

Did she help people? Miss Level added. ... ... She made them help one another, she said. She made them help themselves. ... ... Miss Level sighed. Not many of us are that good, she said.

In fact, it really wasn't her problem. How nice to find a problem that wasn't yours.

Nanny Ogg scowled and said, Granny never said as she was better than others. She just got on with it and showed 'em and people worked it out for themselves.

We mask our needs as the needs of others.

In true love, there is no pride.

If you want your loved ones to be happy, you must learn to understand their sufferings and their aspirations. When you understand, you will know how to relieve their sufferings and how to help them fulfill their aspirations. That is true love. If you only want your loved ones to follow your own ideas and you remain ignorant of their needs, it is not truly love. It is only a desire to possess another and attempt to fulfill your own needs, which cannot be fulfilled in that way.

Someone may be able to speak beautifully about compassion, wisdom, or nonself, but this doesn't necessarily help others. And the speaker may still have a big self or treat others badly. His eloquent speech may be only empty words. We can get tired of all these words, even the word "Buddha.

Siddhartha looked at Yasodhara and then confusedly at the ornaments remaining on the table. He appeared flustered—there was nothing on the table worthy of Yasodhara's beauty. Suddenly he smiled. He removed the necklace around his own neck and held it out to Yasodhara. "This is my gift to you, princess.

The good certainly cling to nothing. They do not talk aimlessly, concerned with personal gains. The wise, whether experiencing comfort or discomfort, show neither elation not depression.

We must lead all beings to the shore of awakening, but, after these beings have become liberated, we do not, in truth, think that a single being has been liberated.