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We let folks know we're interested in them and that they're vital to us. cause they are.

We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.

But I felt that most of us in the world today gave priority to our personal interests.

What interests me is the surprising enormous extent to which most people accept the fate that's been given to them, and find some dignity.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

In order to preserve the dominion of our own passions, it behooves us to be constantly and strictly on our guard against the influence and infection of the passions of others.

The existing principle of selfish interest and competition has been carried to its extreme point; and, in its progress, has isolated the heart of man, blunted the edge of his finest sensibilities, and annihilated all his most generous impulses and sympathies.

We all die, we all get sick, we all feel hunger and lust and pain, and therefore human life is consistent from one generation to the other. We all - most of us, anyway - want connections with other people and spend our lives looking for them.

We may seek a fortune for no greater reason than to secure the respect and attention of people who would otherwise look straight through us.

Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.