Quotes about Selflessness

Theirs not to make reply,Theirs not to reason why,Theirs but to do and die.

When we have nothing to cling to as our own and cease thinking of ourselves as people who must defend privileges, we can open ourselves freely to others with the faithful expectation that our strength will manifest itself in our shared weakness.

It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives, nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply service that measures success.

Holy poverty confounds cupidity and avarice and the cares of this world.

You can't take care of charity unless you take care of yourself first.

We love those whom we serve (p. 26)

Helping others carries its own rewards, the first of which is a return to humanity.

The Golden Rule is a two-edged sword. If some of us treated others as we treat ourselves, we would be jailed.

Romance novels are all about desire and happily-ever-after, but happily-ever-after doesn't come from desire—at least not the kind portrayed in pulp romances. Real love is not to desire a person but to desire their happiness—sometimes even at the expense of our own happiness. Real love is to expand our own capacity for tolerance and caring, to actively seek another's well-being. All else is simply a charade of self-interest.

Growing up means putting aside our egocentricity for truth.

The measure of love isn't how much you want someone. It's revealed in what you want for them.

Real love is to expand our own capacity for tolerance and caring, to actively seek another's well-being. All else is simply a charade of self-interest. Zeke