Quotes About Selflessness

freely ye have received, freely give.

You can deny any sacrifice by claiming that it made the sufferer feel so good to do it that it really wasn't a sacrifice at all, but just another selfish act.

Individuals might be bred to sacrifice themselves, but the race as a whole can never decide to cease to exist.

The highest beings of all are the ones who are willing to pay any personal cost for the good of those who need them.

Maybe it isn't based on what you deserve. Maybe it's based on what you need.

That's what Father and Mother are, thought Nafai. They stay together, not because of any gain, but because of the gift. Father doesn't stay with Mother because she is good for him, but rather because together they can do good for us, and for many others.

That's just one of the drawbacks when you love somebody so much greater than yourself, Miro told himself. I'll never know the difference. She'll come back and I'll be happy with all the time we have together and I'll never know how little time and effort she actually devotes to being with me. A diversion, that's what I am. Then

The bigger a man is, the more people he serves," said the Prophet. "A small man serves himself. Bigger is to serve your family. Bigger is to serve your tribe. Then your people. Biggest of all, to serve all men, and all lands.

You can deny any sacrifice by claiming that it made the sufferer feel so good to do it that it really wasn't a sacrifice at all, but just another selfish act." Suddenly Planter jumped

Any animal is willing to kill in order to save itself.' 'Any animal is willing to kill the Other,' said Ender. 'But the higher beings include more and more living things within their self-story, until at last there is no Other. Until the needs of others are more important than any private desires. The highest beings of all are the ones who are willing to pay any personal cost for the good of those who need them.

When you have wisdom that another person knows that he needs, you give it freely. But when the other person doesn't yet know that he needs your wisdom, you keep it to yourself.

we humans do, when the cause is sufficient, spend our own lives. We throw ourselves onto the grenade to save our buddies in the foxhole. We rise out of the trenches and charge the entrenched enemy and die like maggots under a blowtorch. We strap bombs on our bodies and blow ourselves up in the midst of our enemies. We are, when the cause is sufficient, insane. They

He wasn't telling her what the gods were, he was telling her what goodness was. To want other people to grow. To want other people to have all the good things that you have. And to spare them the bad things if you can. That was goodness.

Cambiar al mundo es bueno para aquellos que quieren su nombre en los libros. Pero ser feliz... eso es para aquellos que escriben sus nombres en las vidas de los demás y retienen los corazones de otros como el tesoro más preciado.

Cuando tienes la sabiduría que otra persona sabe que necesita, ofrécela libremente. Pero cuando la otra persona no sepa todavía que necesita tu sabiduría, guárdatela para ti. La comida sólo parece atractiva a un hombre hambriento.

When you love people, you do whatever it takes to make them happy.

Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. PHILIPPIANS 2:4

The nicest feeling in the world is to do a good deed anonymously-and have somebody find out.

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.

People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.

Those who have much are often greedy; those who have little often share.

People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves.

Philanthropic people lose all sense of humanity. It is their distinguishing characteristic.

A man of humanity is one who, in seeking to establish himself, finds a foothold for others and who, in desiring attaining himself, helps others to attain.