Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes

I want you to understand that your first duty is to humanity. I want others to look at us and see that we care not just about ourselves but about others.

What President Bush has done speaks more than words about his feeling of compassion and commitment to people.

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind should we serve?

The vocation of every man and woman is to serve other people.

The end of all education should surely be service to others

The end of all knowledge should be service to others.

We are only fully alive when we're helping others

Concern yourselves more with the needs of others, with the needs of all humanity, and you'll have peace of mind.

The most important responsibility we have on this planet is to take care of one another.

The Church is her true self only when she exists for humanity. As a fresh start, she should give away all her endowments to the poor and needy. The clergy should live solely on the freewill offerings of their congregations, or possibly engage in some secular calling.

One of the problems with being relatively conscious and human, is that you want to help everybody.

We are fortunate people. It is our need and responsibility to help our fellow man.

When one is giving service for the advancement of humanity, when one is working without money and without price, with no hope of earthly reward, there comes a real, genuine joy into the human heart.

Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.

The future may be made up of many factors but where it truly lies is in the hearts and minds of men. Your dedication should not be confined for your own gain, but unleashes your passion for our beloved country as well as for the integrity and humanity of mankind.

Frankly, I'm not religious, but I believe in the cause of humanity - doing good work.

Philanthropy is natural. For a mother, taking care of her children is natural. If I am rich, I take care of the poor, like a mother would.

At the very beginning of my creative life I loved humanity. I wanted to do something good for mankind. Soon I understood that it isn't possible to save mankind.

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity.

I have a great desire to serve humanity without ever actually getting off my chair.

I have always believed helping your fellow man is profitable in every sense, personally and bottom line.

I have no responsibilities but to make people's lives better.

In truth, we are all part of the team of humanity. And as such, we are all obligated to share ourselves, and our talents, for the sake of the team.

I believe that in this new world that we live in, we often have a responsibility, you know, to actually go beyond the thou shalt nots - that is, the not harming others - and say we can help others and we should be helping others.