Maxine Hong Kingston Quotes

Life's supposed to be about making the path a little gentler for those traveling behind you.

The idea of service leads to community.

Are we truly being our sisters' keepers? Initially, that dog-eat-dog mentality within us may bark and say that we aren't responsible for other people, but if that was truly the case, then why are we even here? We have so much to offer and give to this world.

Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.

Kindness Day should be everyday of your life.

The great truth that is too often forgotten is that it is in the nature of people to do good to one another.

Each of us can do something to help someone.

Wherever you turn, you can find someone who needs you. Even if it is a little thing, do something for which there is no pay but the privilege of doing it. Remember, you don't live in a world all of your own

Show kindness whenever possible. Show it to the people in front of you, the people coming up behind you, and the people with whom you are running neck and neck. It will vastly improve the quality of your own life, the lives of others, and the state of the world.

The truest state of humanity is that you're living for other people.

There is no wrong way to perform an act of kindness.

Live by looking for things to do for other people.

Whenever people go out of their way to help other people - there's power and beauty in our diversity.

Our lives are to be used and thus to be lived as fully as possible, and truly it seems that we are never so alive as when we concern ourselves with other people.

I've been in the habit of helping people.

One of the great characteristics of America is that we do try and help each other.

People must help one another. It is nature's law.

How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him.

In our culture, the people who have the most respect are not those who have the most material possessions or those who have accomplished the most. It is the people who have helped others the most.

We must use our empowerment for the good of others. We must be our brother’s and sister’s keeper.

That's the most gratifying thing in the world, helping each other.

I think the point of our country, our planet, the reason we're all here, one of the best things that we can do is be concerned about something even when it doesn't concern us. That's the whole point.

Philanthropic work reminds you of everyone's common humanity, and that's really the common denominator for everyone.

I've learned that all of us should be constantly mindful of what's going on around us. Sometimes I think we get pretty single-minded in our pursuits and forget that we really do need each other. We need to actively engage in giving and helping each other every day.

It is only in helping someone else to awake that I awake.