The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of good read more

The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of good government.

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also read more

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it.

It's in the preparation -- in those dreary pedestrian virtues they taught you in seventh grade and you didn't believe. read more

It's in the preparation -- in those dreary pedestrian virtues they taught you in seventh grade and you didn't believe. It's making the extra call and caring a lot.

If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.

If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, read more

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

Life has taught me that respect, caring and love must be shared, for it's only through sharing that friendships are read more

Life has taught me that respect, caring and love must be shared, for it's only through sharing that friendships are born.

In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather read more

In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.

Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the 1000 read more

Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the 1000 small uncaring ways.

I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.

I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.