Willa Cather Quotes

Logic and cold reason are poor weapons to fight fear and distrust. Only faith and generosity can overcome them.

I've never been interested in things that sparkle and shine; I'm more interested in people.

Fear is real, but so is love.

I love people, which might be a little rare for artists. I don't know if a lot of artists like people, but I do. I love love.

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

One can no more approach people without love than one can approach bees without care. Such is the quality of bees.

Human beings can be awful, but they can also be tremendous.

Some people think that without that spark of empathy we would do nothing, but that's just flat-out wrong. You could feel compassion for somebody without the spark of empathy.

Maybe one of you can enlighten me, but I just don't understand why it is so hard to be kind to one another?

I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.

I like people.

There is the theory... that you live in two places: You either live in fear, or you live in love.

Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.

Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.

Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character.

You can always tell about somebody by the way they put their hands on an animal.

Love people, not things; use things, not people.

People forget that everyone has feelings, regardless of their career choice.

Trying to learn to be a good man is like learning to play tennis against a wall. You are only a good man - a competent, capable, interesting and lovable man - when you're doing it for, or with, other people.

Assume the best intent in others around you. You will often be right, and even when you're not, people can rise to your view of them. Not always, but enough that I believe it's worth it.

Every now and then, I am reminded it's not always about politics. It's about people.

What I've always valued is people.

I'd like people to think of me as someone who cares about them.

We ought, all of us, to realize each other in this intense, pathetic, and important way. If you say that this is absurd, and that we cannot be in love with everyone at once, I merely point out to you that, as a matter of fact, certain persons do exist with an enormous capacity for friendship and for taking delight in other people's lives; and that such persons know more of truth than if their hearts were not so big.