Dayananda Saraswati Quotes

How can I act in an impersonal manner? When a man dies in the street for want of food, how can I ignore him? When I find a starving or naked man in the street, I cannot walk past him. I think no human being can do that.

I was raised by my parents to believe that you had a moral obligation to try and help save the world.

One is guilty of all abjection that one does not help to relieve.

People are nicer than economists give us credit for. The economists cannot understand why people would work long and hard to clean up a community after a hurricane. … Most economists don’t have any interest in or understanding of psychology.

I have the kind of conscience that it doesn't feel right if I watch other people suffer and I do nothing about it.

Ranjith is a great human being who cares for his community and his people a lot.

With our brains and our smarts and our altruistic capability, we can do a lot of good.

I believe we have a higher responsibility to each other.

Whenever I see a homeless guy, I always run back and give him money, because I think, 'Oh my God, what if that was Jesus?'

It's such a simple thing, really. It's an awareness that the other people in the world are other people, and that you are one of them. That every time you have a chance to help somebody out, to do what's right instead of what you think you're supposed to do, you should do it.

I was deeply interested in conveying what is a deeply felt conviction of my own. This is simply to suggest that human beings must involve themselves in the anguish of other human beings. This, I submit to you, is not a political thesis at all. It is simply an expression of what I would hope might be ultimately a simple humanity for humanity's sake.

We all have the duty to do good.

We are fortunate people. It is our need and responsibility to help our fellow man.

The worth of a human being lies in the ability to extend oneself, to go outside oneself, to exist in and for other people.

Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.

If someone comes to you and asks for help, and you can help them, you're supposed to help them. Why wouldn't you? You have been put in the position somehow to be able to help this person.

Frankly, I'm not religious, but I believe in the cause of humanity - doing good work.

The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it, is service to a fellow human being.

Growing up, I saw my dad do charity work for children with health issues. That had a profound effect on me.

Try to find the path of least resistance and use it without harming others. Live with integrity and morality, not only with people but with all beings.

The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?'

Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too.

The true basis of morality is utility; that is, the adaptation of our actions to the promotion of the general welfare and happiness; the endeavour so to rule our lives that we may serve and bless mankind.

I believe the world is one big family, and we need to help each other.

I have always believed helping your fellow man is profitable in every sense, personally and bottom line.