Quotes About Selflessness

O my Lord, whatever share of this world You have bestowed on me, bestow it to my enemies, and whatever share of the next world You have for me, give it to my friends. You are enough for me.

Put aside your pride, Set down your arrogance, And remember your grave.

True devotion is for itself: not to desire heaven nor to fear hell.

Humility does not mean you think less of yourself. It means you think of yourself less.

When you have a bad day, a really bad day, try to treat the world better than it treated you.

Real kindness seeks no return.

Allah the Exalted loves him who forgoes worldly life, the Angels love him who rejects the vices, and the Muslims love him who gives up greediness in respect of the Muslims.

Those who give hoping to be rewarded with honor are not giving, they are bargaining.

Happiness is attained, not through self-interest, but through unconditional fidelity in endless love of eternal light.

These are the signs of a wise man: to reprove nobody, to praise nobody, to blame nobody, nor even to speak of himself or his own merits.

Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.

The ultimate aim of the quest must be neither release nor ecstasy for oneself, but the wisdom and the power to serve others.

The highest person is he who is of most use to humankind.

The sun of truth rises in the human being and illuminates his world when he lifts his mind from the darkness of ignorance and selfishness into the light of wisdom and altruism

Leave greatness to others. Become so small that no one can see you. This conviction results from growing devotion to the supreme reality.

What do we have to achieve? Not your position, not your wealth, not all these outward things, but you have to achieve a loving heart.

Do to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.

Noble man remembers nothing good he did for others.

Wisdom means that it gives you detachment, detachment from all that is selfishness, self-centredness, self-obsession, ego - all connected with self.

Create a wisdom and share it with others; in return, don't wait for anything, not even a simple thanks, because expecting something in return does not belongs to the wisdom!

humility is beyond our reach. if it were a product of reaching, we would instinctively be proud of reaching it. it is a gift.

The wise man does not lay up treasure. The more he expends on others, the more he gains for himself. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

The real way to gain happiness is to give it to others.

Know the one who wants nothing to be the wealthiest.