Be nice to whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.

The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren’t in a very good mood.

What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other’s folly – that is the first law of nature.

The thing to do, it seems to me, is to prepare yourself so you can be a rainbow in somebody else’s cloud. Somebody who may not look like you. May not call God the same name you call God – if they call God at all. I may not dance your dances or speak your language. But be a blessing to somebody. That’s what I think.

When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me.

We’re a blip in the existence of the universe, and we’re constantly trying to pull each other down. Not doing things to help each other.

Our brand of democracy is hard. But I can promise that a year from now, when I no longer hold this office, I’ll be right there with you as a citizen – inspired by those voices of fairness and vision, of grit and good humor and kindness that have helped America travel so far.

A squirrel dying in front of your house may be more relevant to your interests right now than people dying in Africa.

A real Christian is a person who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip.

Respect the burden.

The Hindus are some of the nicest people you’ll ever meet.

I’m not generally a sensitive person, but I tend to be more sensitive toward others and what they’re going through. I don’t know if that’s the healthiest thing, but it’s the truth.

No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.

Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‚What are you doing for others?‘

It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.

What I really want to say: That what the world really needs is a real feeling of kinship. Everybody: stars, laborers, Negroes, Jews, Arabs. We are all brothers.

Positional leaders ignore the fact that every person has hopes, dreams, desires, and goals of his own. And leaders must bring their vision and the aspirations of the people they lead together in a way that benefits everyone.

If someone decides they’re not going to be happy, it’s not your problem. You don’t have to spend your time and energy trying to cheer up someone who has already decided to stay in a bad mood. Believe it or not, you can actually hurt people by playing into their self-pity.

If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

Show me the person you honor, for I know better by that the kind of person you are. For you show me what your idea of humanity is.

When we believe the best of people, we let go of each thing they do that is hurtful to us. And we choose to think things like, ‚I don’t believe they meant to hurt me.‘ ‚Maybe they’re having a bad day or don’t feel well.‘ ‚They probably don’t even realize how they sound.‘

The other day the President said, I know you’ve had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you, in your maturity and sense of responsibility. He paused, then said, would you like a puppy?

A Religion of Evolution: that, when all is said and done, is what Man needs ever more explicitly if he is to survive and ‚superlive,‘ as soon as he becomes conscious of his power to ultra-hominize himself and of his duty to do so.

The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.

If everyone does some good, think of what a good world this will be.

Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth.

You are 27 or 28 right? It is very tough to live at that age. When nothing is sure. I have sympathy with you.

The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become one’s key to the experience of others.

It doesn’t matter how long my hair is or what colour my skin is or whether I’m a woman or a man.

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.

The world is indebted for all triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.

See things from the boy’s point of view.

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

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

In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.

For in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s futures. And we are all mortal.

I feel like I want to take care of everyone and I also feel this terrible guilt if I am unable to. And I have felt this way ever since all this success started.

Many people look at me and think they know me but they don’t at all. This is the real me. I am a humble person, a feeling person. A person who cares about others, who wants to help others.

Fear makes us feel our humanity.

Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one’s experiences in common.

I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

It’s no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. Well, what if I do? Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart don’t know how to laugh either.

If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

Listen with your eyes for feelings.

‚Suffering should not make us bitter people,‘ my mother once said, ‚it should make us better comforters.‘ Young people need to hear this from those who have walked before them, because someday they’ll be walking those same steps, but there may not be anyone following behind.

I’m doing everything that I can, working with experts, really studying the statistics to figure out a way we can make it cool or normal to be kind and loving.

What nicer thing can you do for somebody than make them breakfast?

What humility does for one is it reminds us that there are people before me. I have already been paid for. And what I need to do is prepare myself so that I can pay for someone else who has yet to come but who may be here and needs me.