Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.
Words can break someone into a million pieces, but they can also put them back together. I hope you use yours for good, because the only words you’ll regret more than the ones left unsaid are the ones you use to intentionally hurt someone.
Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
There is no greater intelligence than kindness and empathy.
If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.
Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, ‘Make me feel important.’ Never forget this message when working with people.
My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.
Value everyone’s contribution and treat everyone with respect.
When we choose to love, we choose to move against fear, against alienation and separation. The choice to love is a choice to connect, to find ourselves in the other.
Life’s too short. We have to love each other.
But eyes are blind. You have to look with the heart.
The leaders who get the most out of their people are the leaders who care most about their people.
Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about taking care of those in your charge.
Treat everyone with respect and kindness. Period. No exceptions.
When we seek for connection, we restore the world to wholeness. Our seemingly separate lives become meaningful as we discover how truly necessary we are to each other.
And if those children are unresponsive, maybe you can’t teach them yet, but you can love them. And if you love them today, maybe you can teach them tomorrow.
When we help one another, everybody wins.
To listen is to lean in, softly, with a willingness to be changed by what we hear.
Every criticism, judgment, diagnosis, and expression of anger is the tragic expression of an unmet need.