Your motivation should be sincere and your life should be of benefit to some people. That is the main thing. Don't care after my death.
unless the direction of science is guided by a consciously ethical motivation, especially compassion, its effects may fail to bring benefit. They may indeed cause great harm.
The more we take the welfare of others to heart and work for their benefit, the more benefit we derive for ourselves. This is a fact that we can see.
We need to teach people that the environment has a direct bearing on our own benefit.
Whether or not we follow any particular spiritual tradition, the benefits of love and kindness are obvious to anyone.
We can benefit others through our actions by being warm and generous toward them, by being charitable, and by helping those in need.
A positive state of mind is not merely good for you, it benefits everyone with whom you come into contact, literally changing the world.
We human beings are social beings. We come into the world as the result of others’ actions. We survive here in dependence on others. Whether we like it or not, there is hardly a moment of our lives when we do not benefit from others’ activities. For this reason, it is hardly surprising that most of our happiness arises in the context of our relationships with others.