Alex Bregman Quotes

Anywhere I see suffering, that is where I want to be, doing what I can.

I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of misery to an end.

Nothing brings me more happiness than trying to help the most vulnerable people in society. It is a goal and an essential part of my life - a kind of destiny. Whoever is in distress can call on me. I will come running wherever they are.

I think the greatest thing that we can do is take care of each other.

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

It is selfish to concern oneself with tragedies.

We do have a moral responsibility to reach out to our neighbors in need.

I think it's important, as a human being, to help others.

When you hear about what someone else is going through, and you are unable to distance yourself from it or in any way muzzle your empathy and are inspired to actually do something, these are moments to learn from.

We are a compassionate society.

It is my duty to bring awareness to people in need.

We pass people in the street and ignore them when they're clearly suffering. It makes you wish we could all feel when someone needs something.

You don't have to wait for a tragedy to occur to rush to help those in need.

I'm not someone who seeks out stories of people who are suffering. I think they just kind of find me.

We should be with people who are in need.

you can do something. You can, even for one person Don't turn away; help. Because those who suffer, often suffer not because of the person or the group that inflicts the suffering; they seem to suffer because nobody cares.

There is in Aristotle an almost complete absence of what may be called benevolence or philanthropy. The sufferings of mankind . . . there is no evidence that they cause him unhappiness except when the sufferers happen to be his friends.

We are fortunate people. It is our need and responsibility to help our fellow man.

Developing our capacity for compassion makes it possible for us to help others in a more skillful and effective way. And compassion helps us as well.

With all the things I've been through, the No. 1 thing that I've learned is that we're supposed to help people through this world.

I always felt that it was my job to try to help other people get it and deal with it.

Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy as hunger is a natural call for food.

The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

Having felt people's love and support first hand through difficult moments in my life makes me feel it's our responsibility to help one another.

Pure libertarianism believes that people will be generous and help each other. Well, they won't. I wish it were so, and I live that way. I help panhandlers, but other people are, 'Oh look at that - why doesn't he get a job?' While I believe in all that freedom, I also believe that no one should suffer needlessly.