Quotes about Altruism

There is within each one of us a potential for goodness beyond our imagining; for giving which seeks no reward; for listening without judgment; for loving unconditionally.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so 'don't fuss, dear; get on with it'.

Charity must become a fundamental state of mind and heart that guides us in all we do.

People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors.

If we had lost our own chief good, other people's good would remain, and that is worth trying for.

Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care But for another gives its ease And builds a heaven in hell's despair Love seeketh only self to please, To bind another to its delight, Joys in another's loss of ease, And builds a hell in heaven's despite." —W. Blake: Songs of Experience

What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?

What do we live for, if not to make the world less difficult for each other?

That was a wrong thing for you to say, that you would have had nothing to try for. If we had lost our own chief good, other people's good would remain, and that is worth trying for. Some can be happy. I seemed to see that more clearly than ever, when I was the most wretched. I can hardly think how I could have borne the trouble, if that feeling had not come to me to make strength.

What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult to others?

What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult to each other?