George Saunders Quotes

A heart set on love will do no wrong.

The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.

To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.

As long as I'm a good person and I do things from the heart, that's all that matters.

You don't need a religious background to strive for something good, for genuine compassion and love for others.

It is straightforward for me to be ethical, responsible, and kind-hearted because I have the resources to support that.

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.

I want to be a good person first and a good artist second.

Growing up a good person, it's a lot harder than you'd think.

I'm a good man.

Good human qualities-honesty, sincerity, a good heart-cannot be bought with money, nor can they be produced my machines, but only by the mind itself. We can call this the inner light, or God's blessing, or human qualitity. This is the essence of mankind.

Good people aren't good because they never cause harm to others. They're good because they treat others the best way they know how, with the understanding that they have.

Why wouldn't I help? What good reason do I have as a human being with power and a sense of empathy and morality, why wouldn't I do something?

So the smart brain must be balanced with a warm heart, a good heart -a sense of responsibility, of concern for the well-being of others.

Your first responsibility is to yourself and to your own goodness of heart.

I find it difficult to feel responsible for the suffering of others. That's why I find war so hard to bear. It's the same with animals: I feel the less harm I do, the lighter my heart. I love a light heart. And when I know I'm causing suffering, I feel the heaviness of it. It's a physical pain. So it's self-interest that I don't want to cause harm.

If a man sets his heart on benevolence he will be free from evil.

The most valuable asset we have, actually, is our ability to understand, to do the right thing, to be kind, to be decent.

First class in life has nothing to do with the clothes you wear, the car you drive or the house you live in. First class is and always will be about the content of your character, the quality of your ideas and the kindness in your heart.

Being in humaneness is good. If we select other goodness and thus are far apart from humaneness, how can we be the wise?

The first condition of human goodness is something to love; the second, something to reverence.

You can't help it but you were born without a heart. At least you tried to believe what the people with hearts believed — so you were a good man just the same.

I'm a basically decent person.

I'm actually a really nice guy with a really big heart.

I'm the good guy, I'm a family guy.