Quoted in Thoughts (1901) by Jessie K. Freeman and Sarah S. B. Yule, p. 83, and in Collect Writings of Russell H. Conwell (1925), Vol. 1, p. 396
Context: Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves. We must purposely be kind and generous, or we miss the best part of existence. The heart which goes out of itself gets large and full. This is the great secret of the inner life. We do ourselves the most good doing something for others.
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 121.
“Privacy is something that we maintain for the good of ourselves and others.”
The Beach House (2002) https://books.google.com/books?id=v6uo7dNROXoC&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133&dq=%E2%80%9CPrivacy+is+something+that+we+maintain+for+the+good+of+ourselves+and+others.%E2%80%9D&source=bl&ots=_xMbHZa8l6&sig=g9FWtKtkgvO11eTz7ffeYnuyMPE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiguMnRndfKAhVQ2mMKHc3nCxUQ6AEILjAD#v=onepage&q=%E2%80%9CPrivacy%20is%20something%20that%20we%20maintain%20for%20the%20good%20of%20ourselves%20and%20others.%E2%80%9D&f=false
“We do not exist for the sake of something else. We exist for the sake of ourselves.”
Source: Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
Source: 1980s, The Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism (1986), p. 43
“I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too.”
F 54
Aphorisms (1765-1799), Notebook F (1776-1779)
Source: Take The Risk (2008), p. 63
Source: Life Itself : A Memoir (2011), Ch. 55 : Go Gently
Context: "Kindness" covers all of my political beliefs. No need to spell them out. I believe that if, at the end, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn't always know this and am happy I lived long enough to find it out.
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In sentiment this is similar to the expression made much earlier by Giordano Bruno in On the Infinite Universe and Worlds (1584) : "What you receive from others is a testimony to their virtue; but all that you do for others is the sign and clear indication of your own."
Ex Corde Locutiones: Words from the Heart Spoken of His Dead Brethren
Variant: What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.
“We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only by living though it.”
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
