There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.

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

One hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours spent on both sides in inward wrestling with the mental demon of uncharitable feeling.

As a Christian, you forgive, and you feed the hungry and clothe the naked, and you visit the sick and comfort the lonely. If I’m a true follower of my lord and saviour Jesus Christ, I got to do the things you’re supposed to be doing.

I like to give back.

When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?

I think it matters whether someone has a good heart.

Our heart glows, and secret unrest gnaws at the root of our being. Dealing with the unconscious has become a question of life for us.

Hell is yourself and the only redemption is when a person puts himself aside to feel deeply for another person.

The only way to get love is to be lovable. It’s very irritating if you have a lot of money. You’d like to think you could write a check: ‚I’ll buy a million dollars‘ worth of love.‘ But it doesn’t work that way. The more you give love away, the more you get.

For me, I don’t want to cheat the game by saying, or kind of doing lip service by saying, I want to be the greatest ever. I want to be able to show it.

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

I think you have a moral responsibility when you’ve been given far more than you need, to do wise things with it and give intelligently.

I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it, on the inside.

Hatred is an affair of the heart; contempt that of the head.

As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously.

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

Generous people can become more generous as they become richer, giving away vast fortunes to worthwhile causes as Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are doing.

Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.

I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world.

Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of America.

If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge? We shouldn’t marginalise people for this. They must be integrated into society.

Funny thing is that the poorer people are, the more generous they seem to be.

Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.

How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet detest the offence?

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.

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.

Every time I see documentaries or infomercials about little kids with cancer, I just freak out. It affects me on the highest emotional level… Anytime I think about it, it makes me sadder than anything I can think of.

If you don’t know how great this country is, I know someone who does; Russia.

The love we give away is the only love we keep.

Love other human beings as you would love yourself.

I feel like if you’re a really good human being, you can try to find something beautiful in every single person, no matter what.

No man was ever great by imitation.

What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it’s curved like a road through mountains.

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

He who lives in our mind is near though he may actually be far away; but he who is not in our heart is far though he may really be nearby.

Whenever you’re going through a tough time, generally, you become more compassionate, you become softer, you become more thoughtful, kinder. These are all spiritual qualities that will help you to align yourself with God and God consciousness rather than with a split fear-based consciousness.

Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

When you have kids, you see life through different eyes. You feel love more deeply and are maybe a little more compassionate. It’s inevitable that that would make its way into your songwriting.

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

The United States is definitely ahead in culture of innovation. If someone wants to accomplish great things, there is no better place than the U.S.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

So the bodhisattva saves all beings, not by preaching sermons to them, but by showing them that they are delivered, they are liberated, by the act of not being able to stop changing.

I got quite annoyed after the Haiti earthquake. A baby was taken from the wreckage and people said it was a miracle. It would have been a miracle had God stopped the earthquake. More wonderful was that a load of evolved monkeys got together to save the life of a child that wasn’t theirs.

A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstasy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transformed.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

Basically, I’m one of the greatest producers ever. And I’m also one of the greatest DJs ever. And I’m also one of the best executives ever.

I shall the effect of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart.

It is another’s fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don’t honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

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

The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one’s self to others.

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in the world.

The incomparable greatness of the religions of the East lies in their having been second to none in vibrating with the passion for unity. This note, which is essential to every form of mysticism, has even penetrated them so deeply that we find ourselves falling under a spell simply by uttering the names of their Gods.

If you give, you will be blessed.

The healthy man does not torture others – generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.

The American people have not become heartless.

Money doesn’t mean anything to me. I’ve made a lot of money, but I want to enjoy life and not stress myself building my bank account. I give lots away and live simply, mostly out of a suitcase in hotels. We all know that good health is much more important.