Quotes

“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

“I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.” – J.R.R. Tolkien

“I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.” – Neil DeGrasse Tyson

“The story of human intimacy is one of constantly allowing ourselves to see those we love most deeply in a new, more fractured light. Look hard. Risk that.” – Cheryl Strayed

“Everyone behaves badly….Give them a proper chance.” – Ernest Hemingway

“People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” – Nelson Madela