451 Quotes About Selflessness

Our friends are friends with us not for us but for themselves.

It takes selfishness to stop someone from killing themself.

To remove thorns from the path of those who have filled our path with thorns - That is the summit of selfless love.

Take my hands, " Alec said. "And take my strength too. Whatever of it you can use to keep yourself going."Magnus didn't move. "I thought you had to get back to the ship.""I have to fight," said Alec. "But that's what you're doing, isn't it? You're part of the fight just as much as the Shadowhunters on the ship - and I know you can take some of my strength, I've heard of warlocks doing that - so I'm offering. Take it. It's yours.

All of the great ones are selfless.

На Вареньке она поняла, что стоило только забыть себя и любить других, и будешь спокойна, счастлива и прекрасна. И такою хотела быть Кити…

Dying is this: When there is a fruit or something sweet or good to taste, the child comes to it's mother and says "Will you give it to me?" Although it would have given pleasure to the mother to eat it, she gives it to the child. The eating of it by the child is enjoyed by the mother. That is death. She enjoys her life in the joy of another. Those who rejoice in the joy of another at their own expense have taken the first step towards true life.

what good am i if i do not fill the plates of the ones who fed me but fill the plates of strangers -family

Give until it hurts.