Milton Mayeroff quotes:

Love is the selfless promotion of the growth of the other.

To care for another person, in the most significant sense, is to help him grow and actualize himself.

We are closest to people when we help them grow.

We are ultimately at home in the world not through dominating or explaining or appreciating, but through caring and being cared for.

I can only fulfill myself by serving someone or something apart from myself, and if I am unable to care for anyone or anything separate from me, I am unable to care for myself.