Cal Thomas Quotes

All too rarely do I hear people asking just what it is that we've done to make so many children's hearts so hard, or what collectively we might do to right their moral compass - what values we must live by.

Positive social emotions like compassion and empathy are generally good for us, and we want to encourage them. But do we know how to most reliably raise children to care about the suffering of other people? I'm not sure we do.

It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.

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.

We are not passing values on to our children. We are not sitting down at the dinner table talking about the tiny things that add up to caring human beings.

Children who are respected learn respect. Children who are cared for learn to care for those weaker than themselves. Children who are loved for what they are cannot learn intolerance. In an environment such as this, they will develop their own ideals, which can be nothing other than humane, since they grew out of the experience of love.

We will never recognize the true value of our own lives until we affirm the value in the life of others.

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

I just don't know that shame and fear need to be our teachers; rather, compassion, understanding, and love should be our guides.

I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.

I believe that we are at a very low level of consciousness, and we do not know how to treat each other as human beings. We are caught up in our own lives, our own needs, our own ego gratification. I feel a strong sense of responsibility in delivering that message.

The beauty of life is in people who feel some obligation to enhance life. Without that, we're only half alive.

Why don't people take the trouble to let you know that they are alive? It is so much more important. The whole system is wrong. No sooner do I die, than all the flowers I have ever longed for in life pour in.

One of the biggest gifts you can give a child is confidence, because confidence will take you miles - more than talent, more than anything else. So yes, I want my children to have confidence and to be kind.

If you truly believe in the value of life, you care about all of the weakest and most vulnerable members of society.

Other species help children develop empathy.

Kids teach you a lot of patience.

One must love humanity in order to reach out into the unique essence of each individual: no one can be too low or too ugly.

Catholic schools in our Nation's education have been paramount in teaching the values that we as parents seek to instill in our children.

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

My mother is not a model. She is not perfect. That awareness is part of learning to love someone. Predicting the actions of someone is an act of love. We persist, even when we get it wrong. That's the beauty of love.

Children tease each other because you're short or you're tall or you're a redhead or because you're ugly or because you're smart or because you're dumb or all kinds of differences and as parents we have to deal with that and strengthen our children to be comfortable with themselves and also to show empathy and acceptance towards others.

Woory about building a kid who is good, not a kid with good self-esteem.

No society that feeds its children on tales of successful violence can expect them not to believe that violence in the end is rewarded

Every child should be taught to be a caring adult and be given an opportunity to serve their communities.