The root of happiness is altruism - the wish to be of service to others. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Buying a lie is one thing, giving it away for free is quite another. — Douglas Horton Copy Share Image
We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Meditation is about cultivating constructive emotions, like altruism, compassion. — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
“A yesterday missed can never be found even in a fine tomorrow.” — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
“Compassion is not something you have; it is something you share.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Beware of altruism. It is based on self-deception, the root of all evil. — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Whenever I see people getting a bad deal I want to step in and do something about it. Of course, this is… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
We become compassionate not from altruism which denies the self for the sake of the other, but from the insight that sees… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
The altruism of foresters can serve as a motto for humanity in general: "We reap what we have not sown. We sow… — Leo Errera Copy Share Image
“...History is the key to the unity of a people. Its nostalgia pulls them together. Its gloom separates them further. Its successes… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
I have spent over 50 years preaching and teaching the values of peace, mutual respect and altruism. — Fethullah Gulen Copy Share Image
“What is the purpose of achieving your dream if the people you had dreamed your achievements for are no longer there to… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
“Singers, actors or artists who touch on sorrow are trying to give comfort to aggrieved souls by giving some meaning to their… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
“They are surprised that he did it, though, which shows you that the male mind expects very little in the way of… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Altruism is one of the most fundamentally social impulses, and doing things for others without expecting anything in return is core to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't deny the importance of genetics. However, the fact that I might be altruistic isn't because I have a gene for… — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
“Huh! Mankind always comes up with ideas to make up for the follies of the status quo. But what happens if those… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
Modern Darwinism makes it abundantly clear that many less ruthless traits, some not always admired by robber barons and Fuhrers - altruism,… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“...We find our greatest peace when we embrace something that gives meaning to our lives. Often, it is love for somebody or… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
“You don’t remember it, but when you were a baby… someone protected and helped you, too. The strong protect the weak. Then… — Koyoharu Gotouge Copy Share Image
“What is the purpose of wealth if it cannot serve an ideal that enhances humanity and betters the lives of the people,… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
That men, in reality, did not have friends in other men. That the fellowship of men, despite its joyous banter, old memories… — Manu Joseph Copy Share Image
“I don't really care if people forget me. My legacy wasn't about me. It was about everything I could do for another.… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
If a man speculates on what 'society' should do for the poor, he accepts thereby the collectivist premise that men's lives belong… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Solidarity is not a matter of altruism. Solidarity comes from the inability to tolerate the affront to our own integrity of passive… — Aurora Levins Morales Copy Share Image
I know a 'crime against nature' when I see one. It is usually a sign of crimes against nature that we cannot… — Matthew Scully Copy Share Image
I don't care if you're a parent giving to a child, a worker to a company, or a romantic to a lover,… — John Frederick Demartini Copy Share Image
Altruism is for those who can't endure their desires. There's a world as ambiguous as a moan, a pleasure moan our earnest… — Stephen Dunn Copy Share Image
the psychological attitudes which are indispensable in the American market place are disastrous to family life. Family life ... requires yieldingness, generosity,… — Margaret Halsey Copy Share Image
“We have killed “duty” so that our ardent desire for free brotherhood acquires heroic valor in life. We have killed “pity” because… — Renzo Novatore Copy Share Image
Altruism is a fine motive, but if you want results, greed works much better. — Henry Spencer Copy Share Image
All altruism springs from putting yourself in the other person's place. — Harry Emerson Fosdick Copy Share Image
We cannot do great things on this Earth, only small things with great love. — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
