If a person seems wicked, do not cast him away. Awaken him with your words, elevate him with your deeds, repay his injury with your kindness. Do not cast him away; cast away his wickedness.
Don’t judge a man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins.
What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form, in moving, how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?
It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.
The only time you look in your neighbor’s bowl is to make sure that they have enough. You don’t look in your neighbor’s bowl to see if you have as much as them.
Stop trying to ‘fix’ yourself; you’re NOT broken! You are perfectly imperfect and powerful beyond measure.
For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; Lillies that fester smell far worse than weeds.
No man was ever wise by chance.
There are no conditions to which a person cannot grow accustomed, especially if he sees that everyone around him lives in the same way.
Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.
Human beings can be awful cruel to one another.
Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others.
The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does.
Be less of a judge and you will be surprised that when you become a witness and you don’t judge yourself, you stop judging others too. And that makes you more human, more compassionate, more understanding.
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
You are in a partnership with all other human beings, not a contest to be judged better than some and worse than others.
Encourage, lift and strengthen one another. For the positive energy spread to one will be felt by us all. For we are connected, one and all.
Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!
Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.