Daily Quote Archives

“The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.”

“With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see.”

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

“Charity is that rational and constant affection which makes us sacrifice ourselves to the human race, as if we were united with it, so as to form one individual, partaking equally in its adversity and prosperity.”

“Building a solid foundation in the early years of a child’s life will not only help him or her reach their reach their full potential but will also result in better societies as a whole.”

“Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.”

“The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service”

“The one thing that doesn‘t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.”

“Some values must be universal, like human rights and the equal worth of every human being.”

“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.”

“The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive”

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”

“The only hope of preserving what is best, lies in the practice of an immense charity, a wide tolerance, a sincere respect for opinions that are not ours.”

“Service is the rent we pay to be living. It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time.”

“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.”

“There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction”

“Every single time you help somebody stand up you are helping humanity rise.”

“The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane.”

“Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. The soul that knows it not, knows no release from little things; knows not the livid loneliness of fear.”

“The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.”

“Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.”

“I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them.”

“Each of us is a unique strand in the intricate web of life and here to make a contribution.”

“Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another’s pain, life is not in vain.”

“I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.”

“In these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice…, the path of faith, the path of hope, and the path of love toward our fellow man.”

“If there is no friendship with them [the poor] and no sharing of the life of the poor, then there is no authentic commitment to liberation, because love exists only among equals.”

“Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.”

“Peace is the fruit of love, a love that is also justice. But to grow in love requires work -- hard work. And it can bring pain because it implies loss -- loss of the certitudes, comforts, and hurts that shelter and define us.”

“An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.”

“Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.”