Quotes about Altruism

As long as we secretly adore ourselves, our own deficiencies will remain to torture us with an apparent defilement. But if we live for others, we will gradually discover that no one expects us to be "as gods." We will see that we are human, like everyone else, that we all have weaknesses and deficiencies, and that these limitations of ours play a most important part in all our lives.

For love does not seek a joy that follows from its effect: its joy is in the effect itself, which is the good of the beloved...love, therefore, is its own reward.

If any man would save his life, he must lose it," and, "Love one another as I have loved you." It is also contained in another saying from St. Paul: "We are all members one of another.

Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good.

Who can be good, if not made so by loving? —St. Augustine

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.