Quotes about Altruism
Beloved, all that is harsh and difficult I want for myself, and all that is gentle and sweet for thee
- John of the Cross
My life is an indivisible whole, and all my activities run into one another and they have their rise in my insatiable love of mankind
- Mahatma Gandhi
Love has a hem to her garment that reaches the very dust. It sweeps the streets and lanes, and because it can, it must.
- Mother Teresa
If you wish to be loved, love.
- Seneca
To love a thing means wanting it to live
- Confucius
The love we give away is the only love we keep.
- Elbert Hubbard
The success of love is in the loving - it is not in the result of loving. Of course it is natural in love to want the best for the other person, but whether it turns out that way or not does not determine the value of what we have done.
- Mother Teresa
Intense love does not measure; it just gives
- Mother Teresa
Act sensibly. Act sincerely. Act selflessly. Act splendidly.
- Matshona Dhliwayo
Be the light you wish to see in others.
- Matshona Dhliwayo
By lighting another's candle you brighten your own.
- Matshona Dhliwayo
Generosity is inverted prosperity.
- Matshona Dhliwayo