Quotes about Altruism

She's the sort of woman who lives for others - you can tell the others by their hunted expression.

Our prayers for others flow more easily than those for ourselves. This shows we are made to live by charity.

There is a mercy which is weakness, and even treason against the common good.

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

The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others.

If you think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself.

Charity is the perfection and ornament of religion.

Agape is disinterested love. . . . Agape does not begin by discriminating between worthy and unworthy people, or any qualities people possess. It begins by loving others for their sakes. . . . Therefore, agape makes no distinction between friend and enemy; it is directed toward both.

This is true joy of life-the being used for a purpose that is recognized by yourself as a right one, instead of being a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.

He who would do good to another, must do it in minute particulars.

The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of oneself to others.