Ella Wheeler Wilcox Quotes

If I saw someone in need and I did nothing, I'd be defacing my own humanity.

I think we should all have a responsibility not to affect other people in a negative way.

The act of feeling what you believe other people feel is morally corosive.... If we want to be good and caring people, if we want to make the world a better place, then we are better off withouit empathy.

Getting past my early 20s, I feel a bit more maturity and responsibility about that stuff. You get a good feeling from doing something good. You see a kid and you make his day, you realise the power of it. Whereas before, I was like, 'That's cool, whatever.' But now, that's what I'm most appreciative of.

Not everyone is able to show courage, but human decency must be demanded of every person.

It is our duty never to speak ill of others, you know; least of all when we know that to do so will be the cause of much pain and trouble.

I am not going to change who I am. I am human and I know how to love, and be kind, and be compassionate to those who are weaker than me. Just because I have power doesn't mean I have to use it!

Compassion is aptly summed up in the Golden Rule, which asks us to look into our own hearts, discover what gives us pain, and then refuse, under any circumstance whatsoever, to inflict that pain on anybody else. Compassion can be defined, therefore, as an attitude of principled, consistent altruism.

The solution to all the problems of daily life is to cherish others.

Awareness of others is a beautiful thing. Learning how to support and encourage, and stopping long enough to pay attention to someone other than yourself, is a truly beautiful quality. There are a thousand beautiful things we can find about ourselves.

Essential characteristics of a gentleman: The will to put himself in the place of others; the horror of forcing others into positions from which he would himself recoil; and the power to do what seems to him to be right without considering what others may say or think.

It's possible that the priest and the Levite looked over that man on the ground and wondered if the robbers were still around. Or it's possible that they felt that the man on the ground was merely faking. And he was acting like he had been robbed and hurt, in order to seize them over there, lure them there for quick and easy seizure. And so the first question that the Levite asked was, "If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?" But then the Good Samaritan came by. And he reversed the question: "If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?

If you're able to help some people and make them smile and make them realize that life is good, then that's worth so much more than buying a pair of shoes.

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.

Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.

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

I never want anyone to have a bad evening because I caused it.

A lot of times people's main motives and plan in life is to hurt as many people as they can, but I think there's enough good people that help make the world a good place.

My mother taught me to be honest, to be selfless, and to touch people in a positive way.

Reducing carbon emissions is important, but it is shortsighted if not coupled with reducing the toxic emissions from our heart; and that is something spiritual leaders are supposed to teach and something all thinking people, regardless of their beliefs, should practice.

It's through the small things that we develop our moral imagination, so that we can understand the sufferings of others.

Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

True contentment comes with empathy.

An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men.