- Even a good person may still meet with suffering so long as his good deed does not bear fruit: but when it does bear fruit he will enjoy the benefits of his good deed. The Dhammapada
- “I get the sense that my abandonment, and the circumstances that brought me to them, matter little to them, compared to the need I might fill in their lives. – (Niamh/Dorothy)” ― Christina Baker Kline, Orphan Train
- “Love is not patronizing and charity isn’t about pity, it is about love. Charity and love are the same — with charity you give love, so don’t just give money but reach out your hand instead.” ― Mother Teresa
- You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful. Marie Curie
- What is important is not so much how long you live as whether you live a meaningful life. This doesn’t mean accumulating money and fame, but being of service to your fellow human beings. It means helping others if you can. 14th Dalai Lama
- Not only is it the case that happy people are more willing to help others, but as I generally point out, helping others is the best way to help yourself, the best way to promote your own happiness. It is you, yourself, who will receive the benefit. 14th Dalai Lama
- “If you don’t understand, please keep your mouth shut and just live with all sentient beings in peace and harmony beyond your intellectual speculation. It’s not necessary to think how much that helps people or how many people it helps. All you have to do is be peaceful with people right now, right here, day by day.” ― Dainin Katagiri, Each Moment Is the Universe: Zen and the Way of Being Time
- “There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.” ― John Holmes
- “What the society needs is an MBA, that is Master of Benevolent Activism – what the society needs is an MD, that is Maverick of Determination – what the society needs is a PHD, that is Doctor of Perspiring Humanism.” ― Abhijit Naskar, Martyr Meets World: To Solve The Hard Problem of Inhumanity
- “If you want to conquer something, conquer hearts, not lands – if you want possessions, possess memories, not materials.” ― Abhijit Naskar, Neden Türk: The Gospel of Secularism
- “Always help the people living on this beautiful earth” ― Muneeb Ambalvi
- “Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.” ― Booker T. Washington, Up from Slavery
- “Sonnet of SapiensNo religion is greater than love,For love is the embodiment of divinity,No church is higher than the self,Cause the self is the manifestation of the Almighty,No worship is greater than help,For helping is the service of God,No prayer is as sacred as kindness,For in kindness lies the real act of the Lord,No scripture is more glorious than the mind,For the mind is the creator of the scriptures,So learn from that scripture within to be of help to your kind,And be the glue to the fabric of humanity healing all ruptures,Heal your kind my friend with your wisdom and warmth transcendent,If not you then who else will unify humanity and rise as sapiens triumphant.” ― Abhijit Naskar, Fabric of Humanity
- We make each other better by loving each other, by lifting each other, by protecting, nurturing, supporting and listening to each other. There is no growth without community. Joél Leon
- “Love deeply.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
- “It’s not enough to live while you are alive, you must live even after you are dead, and to live even after death you must do good while you are alive.” ― Abhijit Naskar, Boldly Comes Justice: Sentient Not Silent
- “There are two powerful fuels, two forces; motivation and inspiration. To be motivated you need to know what your motives are. Over time – and to sustain you through it – your motivation must become an inner energy; a ‘motor’ driving you forward, passionately, purposefully, wisely and compassionately… come what may, every day. Inspiration is an outer – worldly – energy that you breathe and draw in. It may come from many places, faces, spaces and stages – right across the ages. It is where nature, spirit, science, mind and time meet, dance, play and speak. It keeps you outward facing and life embracing. But you must be open-minded and open-hearted to first let it in and then let it out again. Together – blended, combined and re-entwined – motivation and inspiration bring connectivity, productivity, creativity and boundless possibilities that is not just ‘self’ serving but enriching to all humanity and societies…just as it should be.” ― Rasheed Ogunlaru
- Until we are able to love and take care of ourselves, we cannot be of much help to others. Thich Nhat Hanh
- There were two classes of charitable people: one, the people who did a little and made a great deal of noise; the other, the people who did a great deal and made no noise at all. Charles Dickens
- “We are not helpless. We all have the ability to make this world a better place. We can start with small steps, one day at a time.” ― Wayne Gerard Trotman
- “Humans will be the hope to the humans – humans will be the help to the humans. That is the world I dream of and that is the world I work to build.” ― Abhijit Naskar, Conscience over Nonsense
- “Life is to lift the world, not party.” ― Abhijit Naskar, Servitude is Sanctitude
- “Help those less fortunate than you, for it is real human existence.” ― Abhijit Naskar
- “I want to live in your heart, for your heart is my temple.I want to live in your memories, for your memories are my treasure.” ― Abhijit Naskar, Servitude is Sanctitude
- “Thoughts and prayers do not mean much, unless they are accompanied by action” ― Shon Mehta, Stories Of Jivavarta
- “You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” ― John Bunyan
- Our visit to this planet is short, so we should use our time meaningfully, which we can do by helping others wherever possible. And if we cannot help others, at least we should try not to create pain and suffering for them. 14th Dalai Lama
- Helping others is important. However, don’t put yourself second. Some people are ok with spending their whole life living for others, but if you have other goals, make sure you don’t neglect them. Gal Shapira (See also: love yourself quotes)
- “Do someone a favour, you make a friend; favour ’em too much, you make an enemy.” ― Huseyn Raza
- “I could really use someone else’s smile today.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, and Grumblings for Every Day of the Year