Quotes about Altruism
Proclaim human equality as loudly as you like, Witless will serve his brother.
- Thomas Henry Huxley
It is in giving that I connect with others, with the world and with the divine.
- Isabel Allende
As it is more blessed to give than receive, so it must be more blessed to receive than to give back.
- Robert Frost
William Perkins said, "The end of a man's calling is not to gather riches for himself…but to serve God in the serving of man, and in the seeking the good of all men.
- Leland Ryken
I will heighten my life by helping others heighten theirs.
- Les Brown
All that matters is what we do for each other.
- Lewis Carroll
It is the one of the great secrets of life that those things are most worth doing,we do for others.
- Lewis Carroll
The point is that love gives even when it is not returned. Once Love has chosen, He does not change His mind.
- Lisa Bevere
It is our first duty to serve society, and after we have done that, we may attend wholly to the salvation of our own souls.
- Samuel Johnson
On the question of relating to our fellowman - our neighbor's spiritual need transcends every commandment. Everything else we do is a means to an end. But love is an end already, since God is love.
- Edith Stein
Bread for myself is a material question. Bread for my neighbor is a spiritual one.
- Nikolai Berdyaev
Live simply so that others may simply live.
- Mahatma Gandhi