Ralph Fiennes Quotes

I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.

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

Altruism is one of the most fundamentally social impulses, and doing things for others without expecting anything in return is core to what makes us human. This is why, from the day Facebook Platform launched in 2007, Causes has been honored to be one of the most popular applications, with over 140 million users.

I don't mind if my future is long or short, as long as I'm doing the right thing. And as long as I behave for other people.

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

Most of us believe in trying to make other people happy only if they can be happy in ways which we approve.

It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?'

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

To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality.

The human capacity for compassion is not a reflex that is triggered automatically by the presence of another living thing.

To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.

The man of sensibility is too busy talking about his feelings to have time for good deeds.

To do something for other people when they need it most just feels good.

It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's life and find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than 'try to be a little kinder.'

There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of it away to imaginary beings.

If everyone does some good, think of what a good world this will be.

Some people are filled by compassion and a desire to do good, and some simply don't think anything's going to make a difference.

If our hearts are ready for anything, we will spontaneously reach out when others are hurting. Living in an ethical way can attune us to the pain and needs of others, but when our hearts are open and awake, we care instinctively.

You don't help people in your poems. I've been trying to help people all my life - that's my trouble.

A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own.

The root of this possibility of doing good - that we all have - is in creation.

I'm convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like they're stones that don't matter. As long as you're breathing, it's never too late to do some good.