Thomas More Quotes

Selfish is easy. It's sharing that takes courage.

The more one forgets himself - by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love - the more human he is.

I'm trying to teach people not to be selfish. That's the thing. If you have a good thing share it. Of course we're not in a sexual relationship.

We ought to be people of compassion. And being people of compassion means we deny ourselves, and our self centeredness.

Unselfishness is more paying, only people have not the patience to practice it.

Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.

We must want for others, not ourselves alone.

It is a luxury to put our interests first. It is an honor to put the interests of others before our own.

Altruism is a barbarism. Love is the word.

Take more pleasure in giving what is best to another than in having it for yourself, and then all the world will love you.

It is easy to be lenient at other people's expense, and call it generosity of mind.

I start every day by wanting more for others than I do for myself. I think that is how God works, and that is how I think we have to work.

you have to be very careful when you give to others that you don't tell them how great you are rather than how much you value them.

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

What nobility of feeling! To sacrifice your own pleasure to preserve the comfort of others! It is a thing, I confess, that would never occur to me.

Happiness begins where selfishness ends.

Feel the needs of others more than your own.

Doing the right thing for someone else occasionally means doing something that feels wrong to you.

Those who are willing to sacrifice and be of service have very little difficulty with people. They know what they are all about. People can't help but want to be near them. They help them; they work with them. That's what love is all about. It starts with your heart and radiates out.

The human being who lives only for himself finally reaps nothing but unhappiness. Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies.

Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others.

Altruism is for those who cannot endure their desires.

Take the selfishness out of this world and there would be more happiness than we should know what to do with.

Love is something you do for someone else, not something you do for yourself.