Haskell Wexler Quotes

I have vanity and greed enough for one person. But at the same time, I feel in my bones you lose a lot of life's value if you don't see yourself as a member of the family of man.

If we win, someone else loses. But if someone else loses, we lose. Which is a point we're not getting. The new spirituality will make this just painfully obvious.

People are not considerate of others. They tend not to consider themselves as all living together, but see themselves only as individuals.

I don't think anyone, no matter what, can find perfect happiness until they understand exactly who they are and how every little thing they do can affect the world around them. I think perfect happiness would be a world where everyone is constantly striving to understand everyone else.

We recognize and accept our own deep involvement in the destiny of men everywhere.

Too often we participate in the globalization of indifference. May we strive instead to live global solidarity.

We must, all of us, learn actually not to have enemies, but only confused adversaries who are ourselves in disguise.

You should think about the world and feel about your heart.

We are the world.

Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity.

Perhaps if we all subscribed to the African concept of Ubuntu - that we all become people through other people, and that we cannot be fully human alone, we could learn a lot. There'd be less hatred and more harmony.

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.

There has to be a social commitment, a social consciousness that joins men together. On the basis of their coming together, they do not transgress against themselves and they do not transgress against others.

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.

As I see it, we are all connected and share a stake in our collective future. We are all part of a greater picture. I greatly encourage businesswomen everywhere in the world to take personal responsibility, stay connected to their own intuition and unique potential, work hard, deal with reality, but don't give up.

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

There is no such thing as the State And no one exists alone; Hunger allows no choice To the citizen or the police We must love one another or die.

We are all members of one body …. The benefit of one is the benefit of all.

The story of America is the story of an ever widening circle of human care and responsibility.

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.

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.

I believe in the power of one and that we are all bound by the thread of oneness and humanity.

We cannot stay enveloped in our own reality and turn a blind eye to the plight of others.

We are all connected. The pain and suffering of others is yours also, on some level, whether you choose to pay attention or not. The reason we can't achieve total bliss is because you're not here solo.