Quotes about Altruism

Love the earth and sun and animals, Despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, Stand up for the stupid and crazy, Devote your income and labor to others... And your very flesh shall be a great poem.

When I give, I give myself

This is what you shall do: love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labour to others

This is what you should do: Love the earth and sun and animals, Despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, Stand up for the stupid and crazy, Devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, Argue not concerning God, Have patience and indulgence toward the people... Reexamine all you have been told in school or church or in any book, Dismiss what insults your very soul, And your flesh shall become a great poem.

We don't love because people love us back. We love because we can. Because we were made to.

Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are

We must remember that the test of our religious principles lies not just in what we say, not only in our prayers, not even in living blameless lives - but in what we do for others

Only when we give joyfully, without hesitation or thought of gain, can we truly know what love means.

Jesus made Himself available to everyone. Unlike former prophets and the religious men of His day, who often kept themselves aloof, Jesus was easy to approach and always ready to give his help.

Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless.

I've always dreamed about playing for a team that's unselfish.

One aspect of neighbourly love is that we must not merely will our neighbours good, but actually work to bring it about.