Altruism Quotes
Fear is a basic human instinct and an indicator of the gravity of a situation. It becomes an asset if it is effectively controlled. It becomes a weakness for a man if he lets it prevail over him.
Human ties are the greatest distorters of reality because they tend to conceal man’s worst selfish instincts.
Expose human ties for what they really are and you are most likely to find the worst forms of betrayal staring back at you.
...History is the key to the unity of a people. Its nostalgia pulls them together. Its gloom separates them further. Its successes make them stronger.
Hope is soothing, but it can become deceptive if we cling to it as the last resort against reality,
Feelings, rationale and values are the top qualities that make a person exceedingly human.
The basis of love that most people share is the intimacy they developed with their partners, the intensity of their attraction, or the similarity of their thought patterns,
Making the choice to exercise compassion is an expression of Love for Humanity and Life itself.
Every game is winnable if you change your mind about what the prize should be and your perspective about the players at the table.
To live is to evolve our point of view about the world and what we have decided to do with it.
The optimist sees the glass as half full, the pessimist as half empty. What I see is water that can save someone's life.
Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now.
I think we each come out of the womb with some unique way of looking at the world and if we don't express it, we loose faith in ourselves.
The poor, the illiterate, the helpless, the distressed — let these be your God.
Everyone has a responsibility towards this larger family of man, but especially if you're privileged, that increases your responsibi
The ultimate altruism is nothing but the sacrifice of one’s self for the benefit of others. Love yourself but never forget to be altruistic to others in need.
We are, or rather our natural desire to evade pain and to attain pleasure is, the primary reason we do or say every single thing we do or say.
In many cases, it was the woman’s stomach—not her heart—that fell for her man.
In some cases, it is the woman’s stomach—not her heart—that has left her man for another.
*Prostitution* is a euphemism for rape incidents that the victim and the economy profits from.
Just because I do not accept the teachings of the devotaries does not mean I've discarded a belief in right and w
It takes a female to have a baby, It takes a woman to raise a child, It takes a mother to raise them correctly, It takes a warrior to show them how to change the world.
Selfishness is not a virtue. Altruism is not a moral weakness. Taxation is the price we pay for civilization.
...the act of kindness is an unselfish act, it is medicine for your soul...
In some rare cases, a friendship between two people benefits both of them, and what’s more, in some rarer cases, it benefits both of them equally.
Some of our friends are our friends only because we used to be friends.
Females and boys are the only creatures that propose others for friendship. As for the rest of us, friendship sort of just happens.
Business is about profit, yes – and it is about more than profit: at its best, it is about expanding the possibilities of humanity.
Loving others is the greatest gift we can give ourselves. Altruism that rewards one's self.
Despite the fact that we cannot be absolutely altruistic in our behavior, we can still build our character to be loving and compassionate – to empathize with others.
It is infinitely better to rely on the pursuit of economic interest by landowners or street companies than to depend on the dubious “altruism” of bureaucrats and government officials.
The only thing I hate about good people is that they like making their being good people bad people’s problem.
The pleasure or the benefit that the object of our deed derives from it is every now and then greater or even more important than the one we derive from the deed.
Every single good person is a good person for their own sake, not for the sake of humanity, not even for the sake of another human being.
No single bad person regards themselves as a bad person.
It is humanly impossible to be selfless. As a matter of fact, human beings are inherently selfish.
Before you call yourself a Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu or any other theology, learn to be human first.
You will achieve what you want to achieve, only if you can cope with the theory of altruism.
If 10 percent of the population were to take a consciously ethical outlook on life and act accordingly, the resulting change would be more significant than any change of government,
Kindness is love in action, not feeling emotions or thoughts of empathy only. Kindness is doing!
In the end, the only thing that really matters is how we treated all living things.
I want to feel proud and happy about my selflessness. But what happens when being selfless takes away a big part of your self?
You can be broken into a dozen shattered pieces and still heal the world because service has its own medicine--hope.