Ricky Martin Quotes

I don't like to hurt people's feelings, and I don't like to knock other writers as a matter of principle.

I think that everybody wants to be heard, and the easiest way to be the loudest is to be the hater.

We have seen our discourse degraded by casual cruelty. At times, it can seem like the forces pulling us apart are stronger than the forces binding us together. Argument turns too easily into animosity. Disagreement escalates into dehumanization. Too often, we judge other groups by their worst examples while judging ourselves by our best intentions.

I try not to make personal attacks on people - unless they're deserving.

I just try to be respectful of everybody.

Maybe one of you can enlighten me, but I just don't understand why it is so hard to be kind to one another?

People can be ignorant and still have loving, human qualities.

I don't like yelling insults at someone who's never done anything to me.

I think it is important that we rebuild an atmosphere of forgiveness and civility in every aspect of our lives.

I raised my kids kind of old-fashioned - if you don't have something nice to say, then don't say it at all. I teach love, acceptance, and tolerance... I sometimes think that this generation is lacking in decency.

I try to be funny and not ignorant.

Take care that no one hates you justly.

The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt.

I never yet heard man or woman much abused that I was not inclined to think the better of them, and to transfer the suspicion or dislike to the one who found pleasure in pointing out the defects of another.

I've pretty much accepted the fact that you're going to meet ignorant people, and that's okay. You can't control that. You can't change that.

Treat everyone with respect and kindness. Period. No exceptions.

I love reader mail, and I do read it, but I won't read hate mail.

I think we need to treat everybody with dignity.

The least amount of judging we can do, the better off we are.

Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.

You lose a lot of time, hating people.

What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What's the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?

At first I assumed hate was the opposite of love. But it isn't. The opposite of love is indifference.

I took it to heart that in order to be a good person, you never said anything mean about anybody.

It doesn't do any good to argue. Be kind.