selflessness Quotes

It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so 'don't fuss, dear; get on with it.'

The best friend is he that, when he wishes a person's good, wishes it for that person's own sake.

“Reverence for life . . . does not allow the scholar to live for his science alone, even if he is very useful . . . the artist to exist only for his art, even if he gives inspiration to... ...

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.

My best friend is someone who truly wishes me well for my own sake.

“I do not know what your destiny may be, but I do know this, that not one of you will find the happiness that each of you is seeking until you have first sought and found a way in which... ...

“We are united with all life that is in nature. Man can no longer live his life for himself alone.”

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

"True love begins when nothing is looked for in return."

"Real love begins where nothing is expected in return."