The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.

‚Tis not enough to help the feeble up, but to support them after.

Let us ask ourselves, ‚What kind of people do we think we are?‘ And let us answer, ‚Free people, worthy of freedom and determined not only to remain so but to help others gain their freedom as well.‘

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.

A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help.

I look after people.

I’m committed to the people of Gujarat. I will devote each and every moment to serve my people of Gujarat.

Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind.

Over the course of my career in law enforcement, I have witnessed over and over again the selflessness and sacrifice of law enforcement who lay their lives on the line every day to protect people who they will never meet and people who will never know their names.

WikiLeaks is a service to the population. Assange should get an award for – presidential medal of honor.

All missionaries, younger and older, serve with the sole hope of making life better for other people.

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn’t touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.

If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.

A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist, and shrinks from injuring anything that lives.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

A faithful woman can become a devoted daughter of God – more concerned with being righteous than with being selfish, more anxious to exercise compassion than to exercise dominion, more committed to integrity than to notoriety. And she knows of her own infinite worth.

God spoke to me and called me to His Service. What form this service was to take the voice did not say.

A good thing to remember is somebody’s got it a lot worse than we do.

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

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.

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.

I did 20 years in the Navy. I joined the Navy right out of high school and went through Navy boot camp, went to SEAL training, got done with that, and then showed up at a SEAL team, where I did 20 years. That was pretty much my whole adult life.

I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.

That’s the true spirit of Christmas; people being helped by people other than me.

I’m a pretty tough guy, you know. I’m a pretty hard man. I’ve got a lot of compassion, but I don’t waste time with people.

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.

A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self.

If we want to fight people in the world, we should fight them with pillows – pillows stuffed with food, medicine, music… That would be so much cheaper than bombs.

The army is the true nobility of our country.

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

There is nothing I fear more than waking up without a program that will help me bring a little happiness to those with no resources, those who are poor, illiterate, and ridden with terminal disease.

It’s good to remember that in crises, natural crises, human beings forget for awhile their ignorances, their biases, their prejudices. For a little while, neighbors help neighbors and strangers help strangers.

My lectures, based on Islamic teachings, were on various subjects. Some of the titles were, ‚The Intoxication of Life,‘ ‚The Purpose of Life,‘ ‚The Real Cause of Man’s Distress,‘ ‚The Journey to the Goal in Life,‘ and, one of my favorites, ‚The Heart of Man.‘ They contained important insights that spoke to something deep inside me.

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

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughout all my life and with all my heart I shall strive to be worthy of your trust.

There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.

Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.

A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at by a man in fever. Just so should a wise man treat all mankind, as a physician does his patient, and look upon them only as sick and extravagant.

God is patient with us to become the God’s children he wants us to be but you really can see him weeping.

When you play sports like tennis, you’re alone, and that’s a good school for life, but it’s also a good school for life to bring your best and make those around you better, too – helping others in difficult moments.

Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.

Real living is living for others.

We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.

Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.

There is a moral obligation that those who have should give to those who don’t.

Nothing can make injustice just but mercy.

I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.

There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one – keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.

One of the most pervasive political visions of our time is the vision of liberals as compassionate and conservatives as less caring.

I doubt that the Lord cares much which honorable vocation you choose. But He does care if you love one another and serve one another.

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

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

It is a very rare man who does not victimize the helpless.

My entire childhood was steeped in poverty. For me, poverty, in a way, was the first inspiration of my life, a commitment to do something for the poor.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

When you truly accept that those children in some far off place in the global village have the same value as you in God’s eyes or even in just your eyes, then your life is forever changed; you see something that you can’t un-see.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

Encouragement to others is something everyone can give. Somebody needs what you have to give. It may not be your money; it may be your time. It may be your listening ear. It may be your arms to encourage. It may be your smile to uplift. Who knows?