Lucy Maud Montgomery Quotes

I think compassion is an important quality in people in general.

I will overlook bad behavior if I know that people's intentions are good. I have this belief that people really can do good things and that people want to be good.

People need to have compassion for others.

One forgives to the degree that one loves.

I have a deep love for life and my fellow human beings. I try to understand everything that everybody does, even if it seems wrong to me.

I have no ill will in my heart against anybody in this world.

In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill-will to any human being …

A true man hates no one.

I want that to be my overall message - that we just need to love each other. We need to love other more.

I think it's all about people loving each other and having compassion, accepting one another and educating themselves.

The only thing I can say is that I like people; I like human beings with their faults and with their strengths.

Love is sometimes shown in the things you don't say, don't keep track of and don't notice. The greatest kindness is often shown in letting things go. None of us is perfect, but we can all be perfect friends and perfect partners by allowing those that we love to be imperfect. Give those around you the 'break' that you hope the world will give you on your own 'bad day' and you'll never, ever regret it.

A real desire to believe all the good you can of others and to make others as comfortable as you can will solve most of the problems.

I don't think badly of people. I like everybody, and I'm sorry for everybody.

If I could have one wish, it would be for people to look at one another with open hearts and minds. Most of all, to look at each other with compassion. No matter who they are.

If love means anything at all it means extending your hand to the unlovable.

I raised my kids kind of old-fashioned - if you don't have something nice to say, then don't say it at all. I teach love, acceptance, and tolerance... I sometimes think that this generation is lacking in decency.

A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.

Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.

You can't expect everyone to love you. I'm not someone who just wants to throw out hate, just because.

My philosophy is that the most important aspect of any religion should be human kindness. And to try to ease the suffering of others. To try to bring light and love into the lives of mankind.

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.

Like Christ said, love thee one another. I learned to do that, and I learned to respect and be appreciative and thankful for what I had.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

I love mankind; it's people I can't stand.