Selfless Quotes - Page 2

• I am no longer Tris, the selfless, or Tris, the brave. I suppose that now, I must become more than either.

  Veronica Roth

  Brave, Divergent, Tris

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• Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you.

  Ramakrishna

  Heart, Talking, Grace

  Ramakrishna, Mahendra Nath Gupta (1942). “The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna”, Ramakrishna Vivekanada Center

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• Science makes people reach selflessly for truth and objectivity; it teaches people to accept reality, with wonder and admiration, not to mention the deep awe and joy that the natural order of things brings to the true scientist.

  Lise Meitner

  Truth, Acceptance, Science

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• Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Men, Spirit, Equal

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• A hero is somebody who is selfless, who is generous in spirit, who just tries to give back as much as possible and help people. A hero to me is someone who saves people and who really deeply cares.

  Debi Mazar

  Hero, People, Giving

  "Mazar helps Los Angeles homeless get back on their feet". Interview with Denise Quan, www.cnn.com. October 12, 2010.

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• Perform anonymous service. Whenever we do good for others anonymously, our sense of intrinsic worth and self-respect increases. ... Selfless service has always been one of the most powerful methods of influence.

  Stephen Covey

  Powerful, Self, Influence

  Stephen R. Covey (1992). “Principle Centered Leadership”, p.121, Simon and Schuster

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• Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless.

  Mortimer Adler

  Unselfish Love, Benevolent, Unselfishness

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• Sometimes you have to be selfish to be selfless.

  Edward Albert

  Selfish, Sometimes, Being Selfish

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• Always do good to others. Be selfless. Mentally remove everything and be free. This is divine life. This is the direct way to Moksha or salvation.

  Sivananda

  Moksha, Way, Salvation

  "Immortal Teachings of Sri Swami Sivananda". Book by Swami Sivananda, p. 29, 1957.

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• We've all started to put down the virtues of the other factions in the process of bolstering our own. I don't want to do that. I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest." He clears his throat. "I continually struggle with kindness.

  Veronica Roth

  Kindness, Smart, Struggle

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• Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.

  Ramakrishna

  Heart, God Love, Work Love

  Ramakrishna, Mahendra Nath Gupta (1942). “The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna”, Ramakrishna Vivekanada Center

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• If selfishness is the key to being miserable, then selflessness must be the key to being happy!

  Joyce Meyer

  Happy, Keys, Selfishness

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• Selfless service to mankind makes you free in the world of mortals.

  Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

  Generosity, World, Mankind

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• Have the courage to be selfless in a world were such qualities are not admired. Dare to be differnt. Be crazy!

  Frederick Lenz

  Karma, Crazy, Yoga

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• I try to do everything from the viewpoint of what's best for my kids. I have three kids and two great dads and it's not always easy, but you have to try to be a little selfless and we manage just fine.

  Kimora Lee Simmons

  Dad, Kids, Two

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• Truth is neither ojectivity nor the balanced view; truth is a selfless subjectivity.

  Knut Hamsun

  Views, Subjectivity, Truth Is

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• What it felt to me was like the dissolution of my idea of myself. I felt like separateness evaporated. I felt this tremendous sense of oneness. I'm quite an erratic thinker, quite an adrenalized person, but through meditation, I found this beautiful serenity and selfless connection. My tendency towards selfishness, I felt that kind of exposed as a superficial and pointless perspective to have. I felt very relaxed, a sense of oneness. I felt love.

  Russell Brand

  Beautiful, Ideas, Oneness

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• True love is selfless. It is prepared to sacrifice.

  Dada Vaswani

  Sacrifice, Love Is, Prepared

  "The Caring Heart!" by Nkem DenChukwu, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 6, 2016.

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• Some ego is involved because I guess one wants to be perceived as a good clown and one puts one's name on the art; but it's so hard to do anything in life, trapped as we are in our bodies, that is purely selfless for others... somehow the self is always involved.

  Jonathan Ames

  Art, Self, Names

  "The Rumpus Interview with Jonathan Ames". Interview with Joshua Furst, therumpus.net. July 29, 2009.

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• To be selfless, you would give charity anonymously, walj softly on the earth, and look out for others-even total strangers-before you look out for yourself. For the Arab mind, the self is an obstacle, an impediment, in humanity's quest foe real progress.

  Tahir Shah

  Real, Self, Giving

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• The atonement of Jesus Christ is the supreme act of love, the supreme example of selfless concern for others.

  Howard W. Hunter

  Love, Jesus, Concern For Others

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• The selfless giving, the service, the kindness which you give out into this world that is the currency of (the) meaning (of life).

  Ajahn Brahm

  Kindness, Selfless Giving, Meaning Of Life

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• Become more and more innocent, less knowledgeable and more childlike. Take life as fun - because that's precisely what it is!

  Rajneesh

  Fun, Innocence, Innocent

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• A pure love is a selfless love, but can desire ever be selfless?

  John Dufresne

  Love Is, Desire, Pure Love

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• Your determination, selflessness and courage have brought the freedom struggle towards its fulfillment.

  Gerry Adams

  Determination, Struggle, Fulfillment

  Gerry Adams (2007). “An Irish Eye”, Brandon Books

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