Debbie Ford Quotes

There cannot be enduring peace, prosperity, equality and brotherhood in this world if our aims are so separate and divergent, if we do not accept that in the end we are people, all alike, sharing the Earth among ourselves and also with other sentient beings, all of whom have an equal role and stake in the state of this planet and its players.

I believe the world is one big family, and we need to help each other.

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 was brought up to understand that we are all here on planet earth together.

War is idiocy. We live on a small, small planet, and what we do to others is what we do to ourselves.

People need to spread love towards strangers. We all bleed the same blood and we are all part of a global community now.

Boundaries, and countries, if we don't have that we are all brothers and sisters, we can all have love and joy and compassion for each other: the world would be much more beautiful.

Mankind is a single body and each nation is a part of that body. We must never say "What does it matter to me if some part of the world is ailing?" If there is such an illness, we must concern ourselves with it as though we were having that illness.

We recognize and accept our own deep involvement in the destiny of men everywhere.

I always try to remain aware that what affects others affects me, too.

If you take me out of it, I find 'six degrees' to be a beautiful concept that we should try to live by. It's about compassion and responsibility for everyone on the planet.

There's one race that we have to worry about, and it's the human race.

We have to see that we're a part of each other, and we have to take care of each other. The reason why they have universal health care in Canada and Britain, these other places? Because they believe if one suffers, everybody suffers.

For me, empathy is an existential question - it's about the survival of the human race. That is, it's imperative for us to overcome the challenges we face.

Humanity happy, I get benefit. Humanity in state of trouble, or violence, I cannot escape from that.

I am a man and all that affects mankind concerns me

The development of a kind heart, or feeling of closeness for all human beings, does not involve any of the kind of religiosity we normally associate with it...It is for everyone, irrespective of race, religion or any political affiliation.

See others as yourself. See families as your family. See towns as your town. See countries as your country. See worlds as your world.

At some point the entire population of the earth is gonna have to look back at the kind of essence of spirituality which is basically caring about each other.

I wish more of us could understand that our increasing isolation, no matter how much it seems to express pride and self-affirmation, is not the answer to our problems. Rather, the answer is a revival of our ancient commitment to God, who rules over all the peoples of the world and exalts no one over any other, and to the moral and spiritual values which were once legendary in America. We must reach out our hand in friendship both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.

We need to infuse politics with ideas like compassion and empathy, and a sense that we live in an interdependent world.

No matter how hidden the cruelty, no matter how far off the screams of pain and terror, we live in one world. We are one people.

I'd like to see education play a larger role in our daily lives, have people come to a larger understanding - a "bigger picture" understanding - of how we fit into the world, and how we fit into the universe. Not necessarily thinking of ourselves, but thinking of others.

We are social animals. Others' suffering is ultimately your suffering; their happiness is ultimately your happiness.