Horace Mann Quotes

One is guilty of all abjection that one does not help to relieve.

In democratic ages men rarely sacrifice themselves for another, but they show a general compassion for all the human race. One never sees them inflict pointless suffering, and they are glad to relieve the sorrows of others when they can do so without much trouble to themselves. They are not disinterested, but they are gentle.

I always thought it was great to be able to make people feel better. It was a little like being God.

If I can stop one heart from breaking…” Emily Dickinson If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin Unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain.

A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates.

When we encounter suffering, it is important to respond w/ compassion rather than to question the politics of those we help.

Sympathy does not think. It acts. It acts to remove. The ceaseless sufferings. Of the world

Love overlooks a person’s faults. That’s not always easy, but love believes the best in every person. Anybody can return evil for evil, but God wants His people to help heal wounded hearts.

I believe in people, especially suffering people.

To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.

We all, as engineers, doctors, have a big responsibility to bring smiles on the faces of suffering humanity.

I think I'd like to be able to heal people's pain, whether it is hunger, loneliness or whatever.

I have empathy; I am humane. I understand human misery.

For me, an area of moral clarity is: you're in front of someone who's suffering and you have the tools at your disposal to alleviate that suffering or even eradicate it, and you act.

Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.

Whoever saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of all mankind

Though we cannot relieve all the distressed, we should relieve as many as we can.

May I never see in the patient anything but a fellow creature in pain.

I do this because it pleases me, and there is nothing I would not do so as human effort goes, to advance any movement designed to reach and rescue perishing humanity. I have a heart for others and that is why I am in this work. When I see suffering about me, I myself suffer, and so when I put forth my efforts to relieve others, I am simply working for myself. I do not consider that I have made any sacrifice whatever; no man does unless he violates his conscience

Some will not look on suffering because it creates responsibility.

One does not ask of one who suffers: What is your country and what is your religion? One merely says: You suffer, that is enough for me...

It is far more humane to prevent suffering than to alleviate it after it has occurred.

It is only our humanity that can deliver us from the brutality of our achievements.

We are a compassionate society.

We all need to realize that there are people out there who may be suffering and we all need to try to do our part to relieve that suffering when we can.