A friend is one to whom one may pour out the contents of one’s heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that gentle hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.
What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?
Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.
Better to be blind and see with your heart, than to have two good eyes and see nothing.
Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another’s pain, life is not in vain.
There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark.
What makes us human is not our mind but our heart, not our ability to think but our ability to love.
Community is first of all a quality of the heart. It grows from the spiritual knowledge that we are alive not for ourselves but for one another.
Sitting with the poor and less fortunate people removes the ego and pride from your heart.
Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal.
You are helpful, and you are loved, and you are forgiven, and you are not alone.
Imagine others complexly.
You have the power to make the world a better place by being kind to someone today.
The reality of the other person is not in what he reveals to you, but in what he cannot reveal to you. Therefore, if you would understand him, listen not to what he says but rather to what he does not say.
God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.
When the suffering of another creature causes you to feel pain, do not submit to the initial desire to flee from the suffering one, but on the contrary, come closer, as close as you can to her who suffers, and try to help her.
Most people are doing the best they can, given what they know and understand, including you. If they knew more and were aware of more, they would do things differently.
The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane.
We are more alike than unalike.
People will never forget how you made them feel.