Georges Rouault Quotes

Loving one another is half of wisdom.

People do not want what we have in our pockets half as much as they want what is in our hearts. If we combine both, intelligently, however, according to our means, we give wisely and well.

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

I love human beings. I believe that there is so much to learn from every person you meet, including a child.

The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love.

What are gold and jewels and precious utensils? Mere dross and dirt. The human face and the human heart, reciprocations of kindness and love, and all the nameless sympathies of our nature - these are the only objects worth being attached to.

Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.

I think everybody longs to be loved and longs to know that he or she is lovable. And, consequently, the greatest thing that we can do is to help somebody know that they're loved and capable of loving.

Grace is what matters in anything - especially life, especially growth, tragedy, pain, love, death. That's a quality that I admire very greatly. It keeps you from reaching out for the gun too quickly. It keeps you from destroying things too foolishly. It sort of keeps you alive.

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

When your fear touches someone’s pain, it becomes pity, when your love touches someone’s pain, it become compassion.

All is love...All is love. With love comes understanding. With understanding comes patience. And then time stops. And everything is now.

Compassion is a living, breathing, organic emotion that vibrates through you and links you to those around you.

The only solution is love.

We're all amateurs when it comes to love. Don't be too hard on each other.

The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being.

We all have that capacity to reach out to people we don't even know and care about them ...

I think half or almost all of the pain in the world … is people not feeling seen. It’s like Mr. Rogers, my hero, says: “Love is the root of everything … love or the lack of it.”

Only through loving and supporting one another, even in the face of unbearable pain and suffering, will this cycle of violence end.

In the graver and more sentimental communication of man and man, the head still bears the superior sway; in the unreserved intimacies of man and woman, the heart is ever uppermost. Feeling is the main thing, and judgment passes for little.

It doesn't hurt to show some empathy.

Technology is unlocking the innate compassion we have for our fellow human beings.

I don't see people. I don't see men and women at all. When I see them, I see... their mothers and fathers. I see how old they are inside. Like when I look at the president, or anybody in a record company, or a store owner, I may see a little boy behind the counter with the face of an old man. And that's who I talk to.

People respond to real problems from the heart.

As in all areas, we can improve how good we are at loving another person.