Dennis Prager Quotes

Hopefully as you get older you get more selfless. That would be probably a good goal. I don't know if we do, though.

I will try and become a very empathetic person because I do think that's a nice trait.

Having family responsibilities and concerns just has to make you a more understanding person.

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

Love has more depth as you get older.

The great thing about getting older is that you become more mellow. Things aren't as black and white, and you become much more tolerant. You can see the good in things much more easily rather than getting enraged as you used to do when you were young.

If you are fortunate in life, age and knowledge breed compassion.

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.

I realized a while back that I have an innate ability to be compassionate, and I saw that the strength of compassion is something that healers have and healers use.'

As far as my mindset changing, I see myself having more empathy in my older age.

As you grow older, maturity naturally comes to you. And it shows on your face. It's true not only about looks, but your maturity should also reflect in your performances.

As you grow older, you start looking at the bigger picture. You don't look at only yourself.

One thing I like about getting older is things, your spectrum widens, your capacity for compassion widens.

Understanding and love require a wisdom that comes only with age.

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

Good character consists of recognizing the selfishness that inheres in each of us and trying to balance it against the altruism to which we should all aspire. It is a difficult balance to strike, but no definition of goodness can be complete without it.

He who doesn't consider himself is seldom considerate of others.

I have learned more about love, selflessness and human understanding from the people I have met in this great adventure in the world of AIDS than I ever did in the cutthroat, competitive world in which I spent my life.

You can tell by the kindness of a dog how a human should be.

One should mature over 20 years.

Just from being with my grandmother, my maturity escalated. And now I'm in tune to the needs of people. It was a large responsibility, taking care of a human being.

Developing our capacity for compassion makes it possible for us to help others in a more skillful and effective way. And compassion helps us as well.

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.

For me, life is about experience and being a good person.

With all the things I've been through, the No. 1 thing that I've learned is that we're supposed to help people through this world.