Quotes about Altruism
Only that which is good for all men is good for every man. No one is truly inspired for his own sake. He who is blessed, is a blessing for others.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
One should always do the good, even though it is not done for its own sake.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
The covetous are poor givers.
- Aesop
Kindness is thrown away upon the evil.
- Aesop
If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The Church is the Church only when it exists for others...not dominating, but helping and serving. It must tell men of every calling what it means to live for Christ, to exist for others.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The church is church only when it is there for others.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Human love is directed to the other person for his own sake, spiritual love loves him for Christ's sake.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Genuine love is always self-forgetful in the true sense of the word.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Those who seek their own honor are no longer seeking God and their neighbor.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Self-centered love loves the other for the sake of itself; spiritual love loves the other for the sake of Christ.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Work is only an instrument in the hand of God for the purification of Christians from all self-centeredness and self-seeking. The work of the world can be done only where a person forgets himself, where he loses himself in a cause...
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer