Quotes about Altruism

Who, pray tell, is for leaving the naked unclothed and the hungry without food? Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism advocated caring for the helpless millennia before Marx was born. So, when the Jewish, Christian, or secular Left tell us repeatedly that they are for clothing the naked, they really mean two other things: (1) Their opponents are not for feeding the hungry and clothing the naked and (2) Only those who affirm Left-wing policies are.

Religious Americans donate more and volunteer more time to charitable institutions than do secular Americans.

It is true that when we harm others, we harm ourselves; but it is just as true that when we help others, we also help ourselves.

Anger, resentment, lust for revenge, even success through aggressive competitiveness, are corrosive of this good. To forgive is not just to be altruistic. It is the best form of self-interest. What dehumanizes you inexorably dehumanizes me. It gives people resilience, enabling them to survive and emerge still human despite all efforts to dehumanize them. When uhuru, or freedom and independence

We only have what we give.

God will not cooperate with prayers of mere self-interest, or prayers that come from impure motives.

True greatness, true leadership, is found in giving yourself in service to others, not in coaxing or inducing others to serve

True greatness, true leadership, is found in giving yourself in service to others, not in coaxing or inducing others to serve you.

Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

Someone may ask, 'How is justice greater than all the other virtues?' The other virtues gratify the one who possesses them; justice does not give pleasure to the one possessing it, but instead pleases others.

He that does good to another does good also to himself.

Getters generally don't get happiness; givers get it.