Kathleen Sebelius Quotes

No part of the human community can live entirely on its own planet, with its own laws of motion and cut off from the rest of humanity.

We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

Mankind is a single body and each nation is a part of that body. We must never say "What does it matter to me if some part of the world is ailing?" If there is such an illness, we must concern ourselves with it as though we were having that illness.

We need a wider sense of community because we're all on the same planet.

I believe in a kind of literature which makes clear that, at a deeper level, below the surface, we are tied together through invisible but existing threads. A kind of literature which talks about a lively, ever-changing world of unity, of which we are a small, but not insignificant part.

Humans have to realise they're not individuals but individual parts of the same organism, with responsibility to each other.

If others are happy, we will be happy. If others suffer, ultimately we all suffer.

Our world and our lives have become increasingly interdependent, so when our neighbour is harmed, it affects us too. Therefore we have to abandon outdated notions of 'them' and 'us' and think of our world much more in terms of a great 'US', a greater human family.

The world needs the sense that we are all in it together.

We are evolving as one species - not only as Americans, Syrians, Russians, Chinese, and jihadists. We cannot attack one without inflicting forms of violence and destruction upon ourselves. This is our new reality.

People need to spread love towards strangers. We all bleed the same blood and we are all part of a global community now.

The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all.

I believe we are all connected to other people. I am connected to people who are suffering. We all are.

I've always thought that a lot of the problems in the world would be solved if a spaceship did arrive, then anyone with one head and two arms and two legs would be your brother! It wouldn't matter where they were from or what they believed or anything. It might be good for us.

No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.

Today we live in a global village but we don’t have our global elders to guide and inspire us.

… my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and government orders

Our responsibility is much greater than we might have supposed, because it involves all mankind.

Human beings are members of a whole, In creation of one essence and soul. If one member is afflicted with pain, Other members uneasy will remain. If you have no sympathy for human pain, The name of human you cannot retain.

We must learn for the sake of one another to make better choices guided by more holistic measures of the common good we share.

We have to see that we're a part of each other, and we have to take care of each other. The reason why they have universal health care in Canada and Britain, these other places? Because they believe if one suffers, everybody suffers.

See, Ebola, like all threats to humanity, it's fueled by mistrust and distraction and division. When we build barriers amongst ourselves, and we fight amongst ourselves, the virus thrives. But unlike all threats to humanity, Ebola is one where we're actually all the same. We're all in this fight together.

Creative people have no barriers. Ultimately, it's connecting with human beings. There's just one planet. I don't see it as different countries.

For me, empathy is an existential question - it's about the survival of the human race. That is, it's imperative for us to overcome the challenges we face.

Governments are different, and philosophies are different, but when it comes down to it, a schoolteacher is a schoolteacher is a schoolteacher. A butcher is a butcher is a butcher. We are people. And we are far more common than we ever imagine.