Ray Lyman Wilbur Quotes

We must want for others, not ourselves alone.

The most delicate, the most sensible of all pleasures, consists in promoting the pleasure of others.

A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.

I would like to explain the meaning of compassion, which is often misunderstood. Genuine compassion is based not on our own projections and expectations, but rather on the rights of the other: irrespective of whether another person is a close friend

My mother said the cure for thinking too much about yourself was helping somebody who was worse off than you.

Kindness and consideration of somebody besides yourself. I think that keeps you feeling young. I really do.

In a nutshell, when life is pleasant, think of others. When life is a burden, think of others.

I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I'll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else.

If you shift your focus from oneself to others, and think more about others' well-being and welfare, it has an immediate liberating effect.

Do not just seek happiness for yourself. Seek happiness for all. Through kindness. Through mercy.

Never be so busy as not to think of others.

Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.

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

Learning to cherish others is the best solution to our daily problems, and it is the source of all our future happiness and good fortune.

If we worried half as much what others are doing for us and spent twice as much time helping others, we would all be exponentially happier.

The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.

The stirrings of morality emerge early in childhood. Toddlers spontaneously offer toys and help to others and try to comfort people they see in distress.

Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.

When I help people around me. It gives me immense happiness.

Feel for others - in your pocket

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

A happy life is a life for others.

Love is the most practical thing in the world. To love, to be kind, not to be greedy, not to be ambitious, not to be influenced by people but to think for yourself-these are all very practical things, and they will bring about a practical, happy society.

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