Ashley Montagu Quotes

The best practical advice I can give to the present generation is to practice the virtue which the Christians call love.

A heart set on love will do no wrong.

Compassion and love constitute non-violence in action. They are the source of all spiritual qualities: forgiveness, tolerance, all the virtues. They give meaning to our activities and makes them constructive. There is nothing amazing about being rich or highly educated; only when the individual has a warm heart do these attributes become worthwhile.

My message is the practice of compassion, love and kindness.

All the work I do is built on a foundation of loving-kindness. Love illuminates matters.

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

Altruism is a barbarism. Love is the word.

Goodness Is oneness-love In perfect action.

The highest intention comes from love and compassion ... when our intentions come from a place of love and compassion then we have the power of the universe.

Love is the last and secret name of all the virtues.

If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.

I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion--and where it isn't, that's where my work lies.

The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the other.... The whole purpose of life is to live by love.

And so, with a boundless heart should one cherish all living beings.

If we make our goal to live a life of compassion and unconditional love, then the world will indeed become a garden where all kinds of flowers can bloom and grow.

Love can never express itself by imposing sufferings on others. It can only express itself by self-suffering, by self-purification.

Our virtues are made by love, and our sins are caused by the lack of it.

The giving of love and understanding is an education in itself.

The best choices will always be the most loving.

When they have really learned to love their neighbours as themselves, they will be allowed to love themselves as their neighbours.

On the question of relating to our fellowman - our neighbor's spiritual need transcends every commandment. Everything else we do is a means to an end. But love is an end already, since God is love.

Spiritual men have taken into their head something that is to be realized. They have concepts of love, goodness, and the like, which they would like to see realized; therefore they want to set up a kingdom of love on earth, in which no one any longer acts from selfishness, but each one 'from love.' Love is to rule.

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

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

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