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Always hold firmly to the thought that each one of us can do something to bring some portion of misery to an end.

The boundaries of altruism are not even limited to an infinite sum of currency.

All the gold in the world has no significance. That which is lasting are the thoughtful acts which we do for our fellow man.

The essence of love is found in man's inherent connection with God, manifested and strengthened by our willingness to give, or dulled and destroyed by our refusal to do so.

The compulsion to do good is an innate American trait. Only North Americans seem to believe that they always should, may, and actually can choose somebody with whom to share their blessings. Ultimately this attitude leads to bombing people into the acceptance of gifts.

No people do so much harm as those who go about doing good.

He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars.

A race of altruists is necessarily a race of slaves A race of free men is necessarily a race of egoists

I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large hospital than expire in a gush of warm sympathy in a small one

A large part of altruism, even when it is perfectly honest, is grounded upon the fact that it is uncomfortable to have unhappy people about one