Quotes about Altruism

Give first, no matter what your circumstances may be.

Produce second-mile followers. If you go out of your way to care about others and help them, then they will go out of their way to help you when you ask them to.

Following Christ's example, we have to learn to give ourselves completely. Anything else is not enough.

Friendship involves many things but, above all the power of going outside oneself and appreciating what is noble and loving in another.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

Isn't the fulfillment of our duty towards our neighbor an expression of deepest desire?

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.

The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.

In India, I learned a proverb that may seem somewhat heartless: "The tears of strangers are only water." It means we are obligated to help only our own; if others have a problem, we wish them well, but it's their problem.

For a moment sitting there above the city, i imagined life outside of narcissism. I wondered how beautiful it might be to think of others as more important than myself. I wondered how peaceful it might be not to be pestered by that childish voice that wants for pleasure and attention. I wondered how it would be like not to live in a house of mirrors, everywhere i go being reminded of myself.