You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view – until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.
We’re all human, aren’t we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.
When you're struggling with something, look at all the people around you and realize that every single person you see is struggling with something, and to them, it's just as hard as what you're going through.
If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.
Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.
When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That’s the message he is sending.
It is easy enough to be friendly to one’s friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.
Do not assume that he who seeks to comfort you now, lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. His life may also have much sadness and difficulty, that remains far beyond yours. Were it otherwise, he would never have been able to find these words.
People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other.
That’s when you know for sure somebody loves you. They figure out what you need and they give it to you – without you asking.
A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.
Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up.
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.
You’re an interesting species. An interesting mix. You’re capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you’re not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being.
We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.
It only takes a second for you to call a girl fat and she will starve herself for the rest of her life. Think before you act.