Herman Melville Quotes

Are we truly being our sisters' keepers? Initially, that dog-eat-dog mentality within us may bark and say that we aren't responsible for other people, but if that was truly the case, then why are we even here? We have so much to offer and give to this world.

There is no such thing as the State And no one exists alone; Hunger allows no choice To the citizen or the police We must love one another or die.

But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people--first of all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness is wholly dependent, and then for the many, unknown to us, to whose destinies we are bound by the ties of sympathy.

We are all interconnected in a web of kindness from which it is impossible to separate ourself.

Each life reverberates in every other life. Whether or not we acknowledge it, we are connected, woven together in our needs and desires, rich and poor, men and women alike.

The idea of service leads to community.

I have vanity and greed enough for one person. But at the same time, I feel in my bones you lose a lot of life's value if you don't see yourself as a member of the family of man.

Men exist for the sake of one another.

We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other's happiness, not by each other's misery.

People are not considerate of others. They tend not to consider themselves as all living together, but see themselves only as individuals.

I believe we are all connected to other people. I am connected to people who are suffering. We all are.

The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.

Human beings are members of a whole, In creation of one essence and soul. If one member is afflicted with pain, Other members uneasy will remain. If you have no sympathy for human pain, The name of human you cannot retain.

I think the point of our country, our planet, the reason we're all here, one of the best things that we can do is be concerned about something even when it doesn't concern us. That's the whole point.

Philanthropic work reminds you of everyone's common humanity, and that's really the common denominator for everyone.

Our compassion for one another, and our individual actions to help, is what makes our nation - and our community - great.

I believe we have a higher responsibility to each other.

No man is born unto himself alone; Who lives unto himself, he lives to none.

Whatever impatience we may feel towards our neighbor, and whatever indignation our race may rouse in us, we are chained one to another, and, companions in labour and misfortune, have everything to lose by mutual recrimination and reproach. Let us be silent as to each other's weakness, helpful, tolerant, many, tender towards each other! Or, if we cannot feel tenderness, may we at least feel pity!

The thing we need most is each other.

But he knows that no man is an island.

We do have the power to save one another...

It's a hurtful place, the world, in and of itself. We don't need to add to it. And we're in a place now where we all need one another, and it's going to get rougher.

Just as the individual is not alone in the group, nor any one in society alone among the others, so man is not alone in the universe.