Aldous Huxley Quotes

A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own.

The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.

In my view, the best of humanity is in our exercise of empathy and compassion. It's when we challenge ourselves to walk in the shoes of someone whose pain or plight might seem so different than yours that it's almost incomprehensible.

What separates humans from other animals is our empathy. With the possible exception of bonobos, we are the most empathetic animal on the planet.

The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.

As human beings we're so cynical, so uncompassionate.

Developing our sympathetic compassion is not only possible but the only reason for us to be here on earth.

Personally, I think humility is a prerequisite to being a truly empathic person.

I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.

I always say, 'People first, then money, then things.'

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

The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?'

I learnt pity, sympathy, and what it was like to be at the other end of the stick. Such lessons can't be learnt in lecture halls.

To be compassionate is not a joke. It's not that simple. One has to discover a certain bigness in oneself. That bigness should be centered on oneself, not in terms of money, not in terms of power you wield, not in terms of any status that you can command in the society, but it should be centered on oneself.

The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others.

The human capacity for compassion is not a reflex that is triggered automatically by the presence of another living thing.

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

The man of sensibility is too busy talking about his feelings to have time for good deeds.

The problem with compassion is that it is not photogenic.

I'm from the bottom, I understand what it's like to have and to not have. My perception on giving is to put yourself in those people's shoes and go from there. So that's what I did.

For myself, suffering doesnt make me a good person; it makes me selfish. Why do we think that people who have less should find it edifying?

There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of it away to imaginary beings.

People love me or hate me and all I think about is the people that I know and suffer with different causes and carry on my charity work and that's what keeps me alive really.

Compassion is not defined in one form. There's no Indian compassion. There's no American compassion. It transcends nation, the gender, the age. Why? Because it is there in everybody. It's experienced by people occasionally.

What a man takes in by contemplation, that he pours out in love.