Adolf Hitler Quotes

This state of mind, which subordinates the interests of the ego to the conservation of the community, is really the first premise for every truly human culture... The basic attitude from which such activity arises, we call-to distinguish it from egoism and selfishness-idealism. By this we understand only the individual's capacity to make sacrifices for the community, for his fellow men.

The very act of sacrifice magnifies the one who sacrifices himself to the point where his sacrifice is much more costly to humanity than would have been the loss of those for whom he is sacrificing himself. But in his abnegation lies the secret of his grandeur.

Love your country, not for her power or wealth, but for her selflessness and her idealism.

Our German language has a word which in a magnificent way denotes conduct based on this spirit: doing one's duty [Pflichterfüllung]-which means serving the community instead of contenting oneself. We have a word for the basic disposition which underlies conduct of this kind in contrast to egoism and selfishness-idealism. By 'idealism' we mean only the ability of the individual to sacrifice himself for the whole, for his fellow men.

Just to pile up money for my own sake, I just can't view that as good citizenship.

The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.

Service is never a simple act; it's about sacrifice for others and about accomplishment for ourselves, about reaching out, one person to another, about all our choices gathered together as a country to reach across all our divides.

In a culture where profit has become the true God, self-sacrifice can seem incomprehensible rather than noble.

Let my country die for me.

Happiness lies in making others happy, in forsaking self-interest to bring joy to others.

God doesn't look at just what we give. He also looks at what we keep.

Patriotism is not dying for one's country, it is living for one's country. And for humanity. Perhaps that is not as romantic, but it's better.

If you want to be given everything, give everything up.

I understood . . . that those who desired salvation should act like the trustee who, though having control over great possessions, regards not an iota of them as his own.

What scoundrels we would be if we did for ourselves what we are ready to do for Italy.

...we understand only the individual's capacity to make sacrifices for the community, for his fellow men.

[Altruism] is a moral system which holds that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that service to others is the sole justification of his existence, and that self-sacrifice is his highest moral duty, value and virtue. This is the moral base of collectivism, of all dictatorships.

Sacrifice does not mean the rejection of the worthless, but of the precious

Everything must be sacrificed, if necessary, for that one sentiment: universality.

Love dares the self to leave itself behind, to enter into poverty.

The essence of patriotism lies in a willingness to sacrifice for one's country, just as true greatness finds expression, not in blessings enjoyed, but in good bestowed.

To be a socialist is to submit the I to the thou; socialism is sacrificing the individual to the whole.

A democrat must be utterly selfless. He must think and dream not in terms of self or of party, but only of democracy.

When you make giving a priority, something happens inside of you. Especially when it's financially challenging to do so. It's like you loosen your grip on a value system whose motto says, "Money is the key to life and happiness and safety."

All desires and egoism will have to be banished from the being.