Quotes about Altruism
He who hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none.
- Lancelot Andrewes
Love means to love that which is unlovable or it is no virtue at all.
- GK Chesterton
As always, self-esteem had created an ability to be generous.
- Gloria Steinem
Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others...By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves.
- Gordon Hinckley
The happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others.
- Gordon Hinckley
And what more sublime delight than to... share our bread with one to whom misfortune has left none!
- Thomas Jefferson
If you real desire is to be good, there is no need to wait for the money before you do it; you can do it now, this very moment, and just where you are.
- James Allen
Self-seeking is self-destruction
- James Allen
He who is daily living in harshness, impurity, or unhappiness is day by day adding to the sum of the world's misery; whereas he who continually lives in goodwill, and does not depart from happiness, is day by day increasing the sum of the world's happiness, and this independently of any religious beliefs which these may or may not hold.
- James Allen
Much that is commonly called sympathy is personal affection. To love them who love us is human bias and inclination; but to love them who do not love us is divine sympathy.
- James Allen
Give up that narrow cramped self that seeks to render all things subservient to its own petty interests, and you will enter into the company of the angels, into the very heart and essence of universal Love.
- James Allen
Good deeds are the highest notes in life's symphony.
- Matshona Dhliwayo