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Altruism Quotes
"We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop."
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"Yet, there is a sense of some deep sort that runs entirely contrary to human nature; that in putting ourselves first, we must by necessity put others first."
28
"I also remember that my father was one of the people who voted to get the Dauntless out of the factionless sector of the city. He said the poor didn't need policing; they needed help, and we could give it to them. But I would rather not mention that now, or here. It's one of the many things Erudite gives as evidence of Abnegation's incompetence."
23
"It is only when we have renounced our preoccupation with "I," "me," "mine," that we can truly possess the world in which we live. Everything, provided that we regard nothing as property. And not only is everything ours; it is also everybody else's."
20
"Do one thing for a better world."
18
"Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish."
17
"It is ever true that he who does nothing for others, does nothing for himself."
13
"The more light in your composition, the more generous you are. That is the first sign of a true light warrior. They give without waiting for you to ask. They give without expecting to be repaid. They give to strangers and even offer help to enemies. And sadly, because their light is so bright, they also attract tons of bugs and flies their way."
12
"Despite the fact that we cannot be absolutely altruistic in our behavior, we can still build our character to be loving and compassionate " to empathize with others."
12
"A child who goes to school and shares his or her lunch with the classmates, is a billion times greater and more religious than all the book-learned priests, imams, rabbis and pundits in the world combined."
12
"So you want to improve the world? Then do it. To the next person who crosses your path, say something kind, do something generous, perform a simple act of service. By doing this on a regular basis, you will indeed improve the world."
12
"The help we give to others creates the ripple of good feeling we give to ourselves."
12
"On the other hand, when you do something for someone else, there's often a greater, deeper satisfaction."
11
"Life is easier lived when lived for others."
11
"Serving others is one of the bases for you to have or to enjoy a fullness of purpose in life."
10
"The pleasure or the benefit that the object of our deed derives from it is every now and then greater or even more important than the one we derive from the deed."
10
"Those who love their lives too much eventually lose it. While those who are ready to sacrifice their lives for others gain it."
10
"Each time we choose to step down for others that is a form of death to self."
10
"Our highest deeds come from helping the lowest people."
10
"Saving others is always more important than saving yourself. It has to be, or none of us would do any good."
9
"I give away examples!"
9
"There is, in fact, a paradox about working to serve the community, and it is this: that to aim directly at serving the community is to falsify the work; the only way to serve the community is to forget the community and serve the work."
8
"My entire life, I've never been able to understand the concept of not being happy or excited when others were successful or had something good happen to them. It quite honestly is a concept that I cannot grasp."
6
"No one can usurp the heights...But those to whom the miseries of the worldAre misery, and will not let them rest."
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