John Calvin Quotes

Your government is still on the same side of the street as the Good Samaritan and not those who pass by on the other side.

It is hideous and coarse to assume that we can do something for others-and it is vile not to endeavor to do it.

Compassion and justice are companions, not choices.

Humans are not really very humane.

It's such a simple thing, really. It's an awareness that the other people in the world are other people, and that you are one of them. That every time you have a chance to help somebody out, to do what's right instead of what you think you're supposed to do, you should do it.

Imagine young people would grow up with the feeling that you have to be a hero to do your human duty. I am afraid nobody would ever help other people, because who is a hero?

I was raised by my parents to believe that you had a moral obligation to try and help save the world.

One is guilty of all abjection that one does not help to relieve.

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

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

I believe that in this new world that we live in, we often have a responsibility, you know, to actually go beyond the thou shalt nots - that is, the not harming others - and say we can help others and we should be helping others.

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.

My philosophy is to do the best you can for somebody. Help. It's not just what do you for yourself. It's how you treat people decently. The golden rule. There isn't big anything better than the golden rule. It's in every major religion in one language or another.

I do it because I want to exercise people's compassion and I do it because I really believe that for some reason what I do is important and meaningful.

Because a human being is endowed with empathy, he violates the natural order if he does not reach out to those who need care. Responding to this empathy, one is in harmony with the order of things, with dharma; otherwise, one is not.

If I saw someone in need and I did nothing, I'd be defacing my own humanity.

With our brains and our smarts and our altruistic capability, we can do a lot of good.

We all, as individuals, can and should act compassionately and charitably. We can volunteer our time, energy, and dollars to help the underprivileged. We can feed the hungry, house the homeless. Most of us feel a moral and ethical responsibility to do so - to 'do unto others.'

Empathy should not be contingent on our proximity to suffering or the likelihood of it happening to us. Rather, it should stem from a disdain that suffering is happening at all.

The only way to save yourself is to endeavor to save others.

We cannot close ourselves off to information and ignore the fact that millions of people are out there suffering. I honestly want to help. I don't believe I feel differently from other people. I think we all want justice and equality, a chance for a life with meaning. All of us would like to believe that if we were in a bad situation someone would help us.

How can I act in an impersonal manner? When a man dies in the street for want of food, how can I ignore him? When I find a starving or naked man in the street, I cannot walk past him. I think no human being can do that.

I can think of no greater God-given responsibility we have than that of extending a helping hand to our fellow man.

All of us would like to believe that if we were in a bad situation someone would help us.

Just because we cannot do everything for everyone does not mean we should do nothing for anyone.