If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge? Read Summary
Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind relief? Read Summary
When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves. Read Summary
We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others. Read Summary
I spent years studying the teachings of Patanjali, and he reminded us several thousand years ago that when we are steadfast - which means that we never slip in our abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward others - then all living creatures cease to feel enmity in our presence. Read Summary
And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud. Read Summary
The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it. Read Summary
One likes people much better when they're battered down by a prodigious siege of misfortune than when they triumph. Read Summary
One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship with other human beings as we take our place among them. Read Summary
An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men. Read Summary
Since Auschwitz, we know what man is capable of. And since Hiroshima, we know what is at stake. Read Summary
We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. Read Summary
It's people who you've seen that have given you a lot. In some ways, I felt they helped me psychologically because you see these people up on the screen going through torment and being on the outside, and somehow you relate to them, and it helps you get through life. It's a real honour and pleasure to then meet these people. Read Summary
Immigration laws are the only laws that are discussed in terms of how to help people who break them. Read Summary
To consider persons and events and situations only in the light of their effect upon myself is to live on the doorstep of hell. Read Summary
Compassionate listening is to help the other side suffer less. If we realize that other people are the same people as we are, we are no longer angry at them. Read Summary
Breathe in deeply to bring your mind home to your body. Then look at, or think of, the person triggering this emotion: With mindfulness, you can see that she is unhappy, that she is suffering. You can see her wrong perceptions. You can see that she is not beautiful when she says things that are unkind. Read Summary
Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish. Read Summary
Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care. Read Summary
When you hear people making hateful comments, stand up to them. Point out what a waste it is to hate, and you could open their eyes. Read Summary