You are in a partnership with all other human beings, not a contest to be judged better than some and worse than others.
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!
The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.
I know of only one duty, and that is to love.
For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
Every life must be given the chance to realize its full potential – that every life matters.
Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
Vulnerability is the core, the heart, the center, of meaningful human experience.
If every man would help his neighbor, no man would be without help.
The most important thing is to have a sense of responsibility, commitment, and concern for each of our fellow human beings.
If you can be kind and considerate for one day, then you can be for another. It won’t cost you a penny in the world. Begin today.
Bringing people together is what i call ‘ubuntu,’ which means ‘I am because we are.’ Far too often people think of themselves as just individuals, separated from one another, whereas you are connected and what you do affects the whole world. When you do well, it spreads out; it is for the whole of humanity.
The fundamental law of human beings is interdependence. A person is a person through other persons.
Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home.
I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.
Think higher, feel deeper.
Man’s main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.
The greatest gift you ever give is your honest self.