Altruism Quotes

"It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving." "A life not lived for others is not a life." "If you can't feed a hundred people, feed just one." "I know I am touching the living body of Christ in the broken bodies of the hungry and the suffering." "Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?' " "When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself." "If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way." "To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one’s own in the midst of abundance." "Give, even if you only have a little." "The greatest gift is to give people your enlightenment, to share it. It has to be the greatest." "Let all-embracing thoughts for all beings be yours." "Kindness should become the natural way of life, not the exception." "Radiate boundless love towards the entire world." "Just as a mother would protect her only child with her life, even so let one cultivate a boundless love towards all beings." "I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world." "Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth." "Truly great people in history never wanted to be great for themselves. All they wanted was the chance to do good for others and be close to God." "I’ve made my share of mistakes along the way, but if I have changed even one life for the better, I haven’t lived in vain." "I had always been the one who picked up all the stragglers and stray followers." "You give before you get."