Ellen Burstyn Quotes

The most important thing on Earth is for all of us to make this sentence true: Compassion is what people do.

The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.

Empathy is born out of the old biblical injunction 'Love the neighbor as thyself.'

I am more interested in teaching my children empathy than subscribing to our 'me' culture and obsessing about 'how do I feel' all the time.

It really shocks me when I encounter people who think kindness doesn't matter. Because I think it's pretty much the only thing that matters.

What the world really needs is more love and less paper work.

I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.

My philosophy is that the most important aspect of any religion should be human kindness. And to try to ease the suffering of others. To try to bring light and love into the lives of mankind.

Sometimes it's more important to be human, than to have good taste.

My mother taught me caring and sensitivity towards the feelings of others, animals as well as humans. She gave me much good, practical advice for getting through life.

The greater good is achieved by not only telling people what they need to know, but also filling them with a sense of empathy and love.

Compassion doesn't, of course, mean feeling sorry for people, or pity, which is how the word has become emasculated in a way.

I would like to be remembered as somebody who cared a great deal about people.

Our world is drowning in a sea of self-centeredness. You can make yourself quite unique right away by leaving this ocean of selfishness and choosing to be curious about other people.

My laundry list of wants in a partner is basically kindness. I want someone who is kind, and that's kind of where it begins and ends. I'm open to being surprised.

Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves.

Caring - about people, about things, about life - is an act of maturity.

We have to bring the humanity and compassion back.

I'd like to think I'm a caring human being.

Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe.

There are many reasons for kindness, and religion is just one of them.

Humankind would improve if we concentrated less on being human and more on being kind.

I realized a while back that I have an innate ability to be compassionate, and I saw that the strength of compassion is something that healers have and healers use.'

We must challenge a culture that is based on too much meanness and not enough meaning.

The most vital part of your humanity is the love you have for others. To deny it is to deny your life.