Lao Tzu Quotes

Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have, so to speak, pawned a part of their narcissism.

You get everything you could have ever wished for if you're willing to give that eternal bliss away to somebody else, to give it back.

To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness.

The way my father worked altruistically and the manner in which he used to go behind bars and come back home smilingly was inspirational.

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.

In a nutshell, loving someone is about giving, not receiving.

So often our sisters comfort others when their own needs are greater than those being comforted. That quality is like the generosity of Jesus on the cross. Empathy during agony is a portion of divinity!

Learning to love unselfishly is not an easy task. It runs counter to our self-centered nature.

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.

Put others before yourself, unselfish love, do unto others as you would have done to you.

To love is to will the good of the other.

Real loss is only possible when you love something more than you love yourself.

True love is spelled G-I-V-E. It is not based on what you can get, but rooted in what you can give to the other person.

Love is the ultimate giving, an expression of one's best self.

If you love people enough, they will give you everything.

I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.

Love places someone else in the centre of your being and your own self is blurred.

Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.

Improv requires one thing I lack that I think most mothers need - the basic instinct to put someone else first.

You need an attitude of service. You're not just serving yourself. You help others to grow up and you grow with them.

It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so 'don't fuss, dear; get on with it.'

If we live a self-directed, self-motivated, self-centered life, always needing to get our own way, then we're going to be miserable. In fact, many times we believe it's our problems that are making us unhappy when, in reality, it's because we're focused on ourselves!

If you really want to receive joy and happiness, then serve others with all your heart. Lift their burden, and your own burden will be lighter.

For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

The Dalai Lama said that he thinks mother's love is the best symbol for love and compassion, because it is totally disinterested.