Quotes about Altruism
People always tend to help others just so that they can feel better than what they really are
— Paulo Coelho
I ask all those who hope to one day work for the good of humanity: never forget that even if you deliver up your body to be burned, you gain nothing if you have not Love. Nothing!
— Paulo Coelho
The only greatness is unselfish Love.
— Paulo Coelho
Be brave enough to do the loving thing.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is nothing that makes us love a man so much as praying for him.
— William Law
Love others and as you do, that love will return to you.
— Clay Aiken
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.
— Herman Melville
Give worshipfully. Our giving is a reflexive response to God's grace. It doesn't come out of our altruism - it comes out of the transforming work of Christ in us.
— Randy Alcorn
By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.
— Vernon Howard
The best friend is he that, when he wishes a person's good, wishes it for that person's own sake.
— Aristotle
The gratitude that we encounter helps us believe in the goodness of the world, and strengthens us thereby to do what's good.
— Albert Schweitzer
True compassion does not come from wanting to help out those less fortunate than ourselves but from realizing our kinship with all beings.
— Pema Chodron