George Matthew Adams Quotes

Since at the beginning and end of our lives we are so dependent on other's kindness, how can it be in ......the middle that we would neglect kindness towards others?

Anger and hatred lead to fear; compassion and concern for others allow us to develop self-confidence, which breeds trust and friendship.

Some people consider the practice of love and compassion is only related to religious practice and if they are not interested in religion they neglect these inner values. But love and compassion are qualities that human beings require just to live together.

As human beings we each have a responsibility to care for humanity. Expressing concern for others brings inner strength and deep satisfaction. As social animals, human beings need friendship, but friendship doesn't come from wealth and power, but from showing compassion and concern for others.

Learning to cherish others is the best solution to our daily problems, and it is the source of all our future happiness and good fortune.

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

Each time we enter imaginatively into the life of another, it's a small step upwards in the elevation of the human race.

It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.

In my mind, as long as I did what was right for me, I was cool. But that's not the way it works. You have to think about other people and take their feelings into account.

You have a little bit of feeling for everyone you play.

Love people, not things; use things, not people.

The more empathy you have and the more connected you are to society, the better off you'll be.

I don't think the biggest crime is to not sympathize with people. I think the biggest crime is to not be interested.

They learned no compassion from their own anguish. thus their suffering was wasted.

I believe that rules do not make us moral; loving each other makes us moral.

The chief thing is to love others like yourself, that's the chief thing, and that's everything; nothing else is wanted - you will find out at once how to arrange it all.

The functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.

We ought, all of us, to realize each other in this intense, pathetic, and important way. If you say that this is absurd, and that we cannot be in love with everyone at once, I merely point out to you that, as a matter of fact, certain persons do exist with an enormous capacity for friendship and for taking delight in other people's lives; and that such persons know more of truth than if their hearts were not so big.

To me it seems that to give happiness is a far nobler goal that to attain it: and that what we exist for is much more a matter of relations to others than a matter of individual progress: much more a matter of helping others to heaven than of getting there ourselves.

I don't understand why people aren't a little more generous with each other.

You can feel compassion for others without feeling victimized yourself.

Understanding of our fellow human beings...becomes fruitful only when it is sustained by sympathetic feelings in joy and sorrow.

It is my observations, though, that happiness limits the amount of suffering one is willing to inflict upon others

Acting responsibly is not a matter of strengthening our reason but of deepening our feelings for the welfare of others.

Love and kindness are the very basis of society. If we lose these feelings, society will face tremendous difficulties; the survival of humanity will be endangered.