All your life, you will be faced with a choice. You can choose love or hate. I choose love.
Never, never be afraid to do what’s right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society’s punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.
Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.
No one has ever become poor by giving.
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.
There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.
I don't care if you're black, white, straight, bisexual, gay, lesbian, short, tall, fat, skinny, rich or poor. If you're nice to me, I'll be nice to you. Simple as that.
Whoever is happy will make others happy.
I’m a little pencil in the hand of a writing God, who is sending a love letter to the world.
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.
Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
Overcome the devils with a thing called love.
A loving heart is the truest wisdom.
People are unrealistic, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway.
If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.
Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.
We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody's business. What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy.
Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.