Anouska Hempel Quotes

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

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

To be social is to be forgiving.

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

When we can lay down our fear and anger and choose responses other than aggression, we create the conditions for bringing out the best in us humans.

I think it would be a far greater world if people were kinder and more respectful to each other.

We need grace in our lives, and I'm not talking about heavenly grace. I'm talking about human grace. We should try and be warm and friendly.

No matter if we're in a contentious situation or simply engaging in an everyday interaction, we should aspire to have the strength to be kind always. If each of us shared this aspiration, we'd all be better off.

If you visibly compromise someone or hurt someone, or hurt their vision, you're not supposed to still just stand there and wait for them to come to you.

A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt.

We do not celebrate the death of our enemies.

I'm trying to get the terrorist out of the bugaboo category and into the category of a fellow human being.

Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.

I'm a forgiver. I might not forget, but I forgive. My mother, father and older brother always told me: 'Don't hold grudges. If you do that, you don't lower yourself down to your adversary. Just treat people the way you want to be treated.' I honestly think that's why I was able to survive and have some success.

The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear.

I don't like anybody to be angry with me. I'd rather have friends.

I think that the greatest lesson I learned from my father is just having compassion towards people.

We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.

I know a few expressions. I know what Hilary Clinton basically says in Russian when you translate her into Russian over and over and over is, 'izvinite pozhaluista.' That's, 'excuse me please, excuse me please.' Let's reset things. That's not the way you deal with folks. You show strength if you made a mistake.

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

The best way to win against the intolerable is to tolerate them, for this they have seldom dealt with. Your indulgence may soften their malice and open their eyes to more honorable ways.

I know I lost my temper, but I tried to be human along the way.

Tolerance, compromise, understanding, acceptance, patience - I want those all to be very sharp tools in my shed.

If only love can drive out hate, we have to remember that love is a verb. It requires action.

I don't hate people. I just accept missions.