David Foster Quotes

Since at the beginning and end of our lives we are so dependent on other's kindness, how can it be in ......the middle that we would neglect kindness towards others?

Love starts when we push aside our ego and make room for someone else.

I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives.

You will begin to succeed with your life when the pains and problems of others matter to you.

Altruism itself depends on a recognition of the reality of other persons, and on the equivalent capacity to regard oneself as merely one individual among many.

Compassion is the ultimate expression of your highest self

Sympathy is the first great lesson which man should learn. It will be ill for him if he proceeds no farther; if his emotions are but excited to roll back on his heart, and to be fostered in luxurious quiet. But unless he learns to feel for things in which he has no personal interest, he can achieve nothing generous or noble.

Many people are unhappy and are not experiencing life to its fullest because they’ve closed their hearts to compassion, they are motivated by only what they want and what they think they need. They rarely do anything for anybody else unless they have an ulterior goal in mind. They are self-involved and self-centered.

Compassion is the currency that leads to true wealth.

Compassion is the wish to see others free from suffering.

True kindness presupposes the faculty of imagining as one's own the suffering and joys of others.

I really feel that some people neglect and overlook compassion because they associate it with religion. Of course, everyone is free to choose whether they pay religion any regard, but to neglect compassion is a mistake because it is the source of our own well-being.

A sense of concern for others gives our lives meaning; it is the root of all human happiness

Love and compassion benefit both ourselves and others. Through kindness to others, your heart and mind will be peaceful and open.

When we focus on others, our world expands.

We should like those whom we love to receive all their happiness, or, if this were impossible, all their unhappiness from our hands.

It is not enough to be happy, it is also necessary that others not be.

Compassion is a quality which impels one to perform sacrifices.

It’s in our interest to take care of others. Self-centrednes s is opposed to basic human nature. In our own interest as human beings we need to pay attention to our inner values. Sometimes people think compassion is only of help to others, while we get no benefit. This is a mistake. When you concern yourself with others, you naturally develop a sense of self-confidence . To help others takes courage and inner strength.

Warm-heartedne ss and concern for others’ well-being are a condition for happiness, whether you are religious or not.

The greatest is to have a tendency to friendship; this is expressed in the form of tolerance and forgiveness, in the form of service and trust. In whatever form he may express it this is the central theme: the constant desire to prove one's love for humanity, to be the friend of all.

By developing a sense of concern for others' well-being, then no matter what others' attitudes are, you can keep inner peace.

You will have found Christ when you are concerned with other people’s sufferings and not your own.

If you are not concerned about your neighbor's salvation, then I am concerned for yours.