Brian Weiss Quotes

True charity occurs only when there are no notions of giving, giver, or gift.

Be very careful. Giving because we think we will get something back will not work. You must be 100 percent willing to give and never experience any return, or it will not work.

Salvation never will come through hope of reward.

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.

Helping others isn't a chore; it is one of the greatest gifts there is.

When I'm not thanked at all, I'm thanked enough, I've done my duty, and I've done no more.

Those who give hoping to be rewarded with honor are not giving, they are bargaining.

I thought to myself, there's a man who gave up his life to serve others - to touch people in that way is probably the greatest thing you can do as a human being.

We can learn from him that suffering and the gift of himself is an essential gift we need in our time.

True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense.

Give [charity] without hope or expectation of any return. To give otherwise, indeed, would scarcely be to give at all, but rather a loan.

My whole religion is this: do every duty, and expect no reward for it, either here or hereafter.

All missionaries, younger and older, serve with the sole hope of making life better for other people.

Seek no praise, no reward, for anything you do. No sooner do we perform a good action than we begin to desire credit for it. No sooner do we give money to some charity than we want to see our names blazoned in the papers. Misery must come as the result of such desires.

Service without reward is punishment.

The highest benevolence acts without purpose.

One can never tell what will be the result of faithful service rendered, nor do we know when it will come back to us or to those with whom we are associated. The reward may not come at the time, but in dividends later. I believe we will never lose anything in life by giving service, by making sacrifices, and doing the right thing.

If we give what we treasure most to a Being we love with all our hearts, if we can do that without expecting anything in return, then the world becomes a beautiful place.

The ultimate expression of generosity is not in giving of what you have, but in giving of who you are.

If you give what you do not need, it is not giving.

Instant enlightenment is to give all your happiness away to others.

You have to start giving first and expect absolutely nothing.

Real kindness seeks no return.

Ask nothing; want nothing in return. Give what you have to give; it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.