There’s almost always a church youth group at the soup kitchen. I have yet to see an atheists’ youth group. Yeah, I know, religious people don’t have a monopoly on doing good. I’m sure that...

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.

I find that the critics of voluntary service are all too often those who are prepared to accept such services when they require them but deride them with cynicism and scepticism when they see others...

Volunteering to help others is the right thing to do, and it also boosts personal happiness; a review of research by the Corporation for National and Community Service shows that those who aid the causes...

Walk your own path and be yourself

When you tend to another’s dying embers, you find both warmth and an increase in the glow of your own fire.

The reality is that doing good unto others actually does more good for you.

My old man says when it’s time to be counted, the important thing is to be man enough to stand up.

Helping others carries its own rewards, the first of which is a return to humanity.

bad work” – work that is only generally and crudely defined, that enacts a dependence that is ill understood, that enacts no affection and gives no honor. Every one of us is to some extent...

Volunteering abroad is a powerful force for change but only if you choose the right project.