She could turn away and say that they had nothing to do…

“Don’t turn your face away. Once you’ve seen, you can no longer act like you don’t know. Open your eyes to the truth. It’s…

— Vashti Quiroz-Vega

“To use strong language, she thought, was a sign of bad temper and lack of concern for others. Such people were not clever or…

— Alexander McCall Smith

My belief is that the various religious traditions have great potential to increase compassion, the sense of caring for one another, and the spirit…

— Dalai Lama

“Martel seems to point to the fact that most people are engaged in forms of self-deception or revisionist history, reworking the narrative of their…

— Melissa A. Fitch

A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we…

— Nelson Mandela

As blacks, we need not be afraid that encouraging moraldevelopment, a conscience and guilt will prevent social action. Black children without the ability to…

— James P Comer

A current pejorative adjective is narcissistic. Generally, a narcissist is anyone better looking than you are, but lately the adective is often applied to…

— Gore Vidal

“I have…learned that one cannot demand love and respect or require that the bonds of friendship and appreciation be extended as an unearned right.…

— Richard G. Scott

“ Agape is disinterested love. It is a love in which the individual seeks not his own good, but the good of his neighbor…

— Martin Luther King Jr

If indeed the qualities such as love, patience, tolerance, and forgiveness are what happiness consists in, and if it is also true that compassion,…

— Dalai Lama

The darker side of the City tried to emphasize the selfish parts of me by encouraging my sense of entitlement and my desire for…

— Tara Leigh Cobble

“Gray is not a substitute for black and white. You don’t bump into people without saying you’re sorry. When you shake hands, it’s supposed…

— Jon Huntsman

In our concern for others, we worry less about ourselves.

— Dalai Lama

Once a vegan, we are always so, because our motivation is not personal and self-oriented, but is based on concern for others and on…

— Will Tuttle

Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself.

— John MacNaughton