Gil Scott-Heron Quotes

Your government is still on the same side of the street as the Good Samaritan and not those who pass by on the other side.

Imagine young people would grow up with the feeling that you have to be a hero to do your human duty. I am afraid nobody would ever help other people, because who is a hero?

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others.

We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.

We, all of us, could do a much better job of evoking what someone has called the universal principle of human altruism: the urge in us all to help others who are in danger.

With wealth, one is in a position of responsibility. You must try to help others. It is as simple as that.

I believe that in this new world that we live in, we often have a responsibility, you know, to actually go beyond the thou shalt nots - that is, the not harming others - and say we can help others and we should be helping others.

Pain and sorrow and misery have a right to our assistance: compassion puts us in mind of the debt, and that we owe it to ourselves as well as to the distressed.

When you're doing a job that benefits other people, it's easy to assume that they feel conscious of the fact that you're doing this work - that they should feel grateful, and that they should and do feel guilty about not helping you.

Ever since I was young, if somebody needs help, you help them out.

I have always believed that those that have been given a lot need to share in all areas of life.

People are nicer than economists give us credit for. The economists cannot understand why people would work long and hard to clean up a community after a hurricane. … Most economists don’t have any interest in or understanding of psychology.

In our time, there are still many, like those in the Good Samaritan story, who being of the religious classes in that time, purposely crossed to the other side of the road, and passed by the injured and bleeding.

That's the most gratifying thing in the world, helping each other.

If you see a woman who is struggling with bags or looks struggling in general, help her. Don't leave her vulnerable to someone else.

We have a responsibility to help those around us and help others in need.

Helping others is the key duty for everyone on this earth who is remotely capable to do so.

When someone needs help, you help. Right?

If someone asked you, why not help him out?

We all have the duty to do good.

We are fortunate people. It is our need and responsibility to help our fellow man.

I believe you should help people.

I just feel that I'm compelled; that I have a responsibility to give back to those less fortunate.

I was raised by my parents to believe that you had a moral obligation to try and help save the world.

Those of us who are blessed, we owe it to our fellow citizens and folks who we are around to do something special for them.