Ricky Gervais Quotes

Without humility there can be no humanity.

Tolerance as practiced by the Christian, enlightened West was never about thinking that bad people are good but that we are all called to love the sinner and hate the sin.

We should not treat people as they treat us, we should treat them better.

Many religious confessions share common values. They teach that we should do unto others as we would have them do unto us.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.

He who hates vice hates men.

Every religion is good that teaches man to be good; and I know of none that instructs him to be bad.

Love is stronger than justice.

I know for certain of only one commandment, one obligation, that God imposes upon us, and that is to be compassionate toward other human beings.

Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul.

The most important thing is that you be a good person and you live by the golden rule of do unto others. If you live by that, that's all I care about.

Justice and good will outlast passion.

Compassion is the basis of all morality.

Do everything according to God, and be nice, and treat other people the way you would like to be treated.

We should just be good humans.

I believe there's good in everybody.

I believe there's a place for goodness and love in everything I do.

Goodness is to do good to the deserving and love the good and hate the wicked, and not to be eager to inflict punishment or take vengeance, but to be gracious and kindly and forgiving.

Whether you believe in God or not does not matter so much, whether you believe in Buddha or not does not matter so much; as a Buddhist, whether you believe in reincarnation or not does not matter so much. You must lead a good life. And a good life does not mean just good food, good clothes, good shelter. These are not sufficient. A good motivation is what is needed: compassion, without dogmatism, without complicated philosophy; just understanding that others are human brothers and sisters and respecting their rights and human dignity.

If it weren't for the message of mercy and pity in Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, I wouldn't want to be a human being. I would just as soon be a rattlesnake.

To be good and to do good-that is the whole of religion.

The essence of all religions is love, compassion and tolerance. Kindness is my true religion. No matter whether you are learned or not, whether you believe in the next life or not, whether you believe in God or Buddha or some other religion or not, in day-to-day life you must be a kind person.

Do you want to feel good, or do you want to do good?