Empathy

No exercise is better for the human heart than reaching down and lifting up another person.

There is no delete button for bigotry.

Don't send people to do it. Meet them there and help them do it, and you will be amazed how it works.

Hunger is not only for a piece of bread. Hunger is for love. Nakedness is not only for a piece of cloth. Nakedness is for human dignity. Homelessness is not only for a home made of bricks. Homelessness is being rejected, unwanted, unloved.

What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.

We all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.

Through our scientific genius we have made of this world a neighborhood; now through our moral and spiritual genius we must make of it a brotherhood.

Throughout the world, mutual suspicions flourish in ignorance and misunderstanding. They can be dispelled only with knowledge and wisdom.

The divisions between us are artificial and transient. Our common humanity is God-made and enduring.

To be your own person, you need good friends. Friends are the treasure of your life. They may turn out to be your real family.