Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes

When you stop giving and offering something to the rest of the world, it's time to turn out the lights.

What I like to do is try to make a difference with the work I do.

If I can't do something for the public good, what the hell am I doing?

What good is my parents' wealth and education and upbringing if I'm not contributing to the world?

I just want to do something that I feel makes a difference.

Take what you're good at and give to the cause that you care most about.

I do everything I can on a daily basis just so I can have something to give back to the world.

We have an idea that if something we're doing isn't actually earning money, or spending it, then it's completely worthless. But if you start to work less, you can actually start to give more to society, but on a local level.

As a person, you want to feel like you're giving back. That's something I've always enjoyed doing.

ANYONE WHO GIVES ANYTHING—TIME, MONEY, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS, AND NETWORKS—IN ANY AMOUNT, TO CREATE A BETTER WORLD.

You cannot continue to succeed in the world or have a fulfilling life in the world unless you choose to use your life in the service somehow to others and give back what you have been given. That's how you keep it. That's how you get it. That's how you grow it.

The important thing, once you have enough to eat and a nice house, is what you can do for others, what you can contribute to the enterprise as a whole.

When your dreams include service to others - accomplishing something that contributes to others - it also accelerates the accomplishment of that goal. People want to be part of something that contributes and makes a difference.

If you want to experience joy in your life, you have to be able to step outside yourself and become part of a cause that is much larger than you; one that brings a greater good to a greater community.

From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.

Yes, well I really hope I can make a difference, even in the smallest way. I am looking forward to helping as much as I can.

Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.

But celebrity really doesn't mean anything unless you use it for finding some way to give back and I've always felt that way.

Help others and give something back. I guarantee you will discover that while public service improves the lives and the world around you, its greatest reward is the enrichment and new meaning it will bring your own life.

Successful people have a social responsibility to make the world a better place and not just take from it.

The goal isn't how much money you make, but how much you help people.

You've got to give something back. You can't just sit there.

Acting is a smaller piece in a big puzzle. There are charity things I want to immerse myself in and want to have the time to go and give back to people who don't have the opportunities I have. It's a very important thing to me.

I get enormous satisfaction from knowing I'm doing something for society.

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.