Peter De Vries Quotes

Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?

To help all created things, that is the measure of all our responsibility; to be helped by all, that is the measure of our hope.

We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other's happiness, not by each other's misery.

What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?

I think that the most important thing we have is our ability communicate and love other humans.

My own feeling is we need more compassion, we need more empathy, we need more togetherness, in terms of working together.

He climbs highest who helps another up.

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.

The practice of patience toward one another, the overlooking of one another's defects, and the bearing of one another's burdens is the most elementary condition of all human and social activity in the family, in the professions, and in society.

Let our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word.

Are we truly being our sisters' keepers? Initially, that dog-eat-dog mentality within us may bark and say that we aren't responsible for other people, but if that was truly the case, then why are we even here? We have so much to offer and give to this world.

They are more human and more brotherly towards one another, it seems to me, than we are. But perhaps that is merely because they feel themselves to be more unfortunate than us.

To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate another's grief is to alleviate or dispel your own.

Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love.

The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.

I've learned that all of us should be constantly mindful of what's going on around us. Sometimes I think we get pretty single-minded in our pursuits and forget that we really do need each other. We need to actively engage in giving and helping each other every day.

Our compassion for one another, and our individual actions to help, is what makes our nation - and our community - great.

My mum, who died in 2011, was the most loving mother you could ask for. She was very compassionate, always a good listener, and her love was a constant throughout my life. She was very sympathetic, kind and understanding and I think these values can be underrated.

At the end of the day what matters most is that we can cut through the pettiness and drama when it really counts and support each other.

I care about people, and I've learned in life that the only thing we are here for is to learn and teach.

I believe that we have to come together, and we have to rely on the goodness of each other.

Fraternity and compassion are written into nature's DNA.

We'd get these boxes of clothing in the mail, and my mom would say, 'What makes you think all this is for you? You've got a sister right behind you.' So then I realized, we're all in this together. We have to help each other.

I believe we have a higher responsibility to each other.

I don't understand why people aren't a little more generous with each other.