Quotes

“The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion.” – Richard Feynman

“Those who do not weep, do not see.” – Victor Hugo

“We don’t set out to save the world; we set out to wonder how other people are doing and to reflect on how our actions affect other people’s hearts.” – Pema Chodron

“If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours.” – Dolly Parton

“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.” – Dalai Lama XIV

“We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.” – Jane Goodall

“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” – Epictetus

“When someone is crying, of course, the noble thing to do is to comfort them. But if someone is trying to hide their tears, it may also be noble to pretend you do not notice them.” – Lemony Snicket

“If you send out goodness from yourself, or if you share that which is happy or good within you, it will all come back to you multiplied ten thousand times…The more love you give away, the more love you will have.” – John O’Donohue

“The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline , and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad petty little unsexy ways, every day.” – David Foster Wallace