Interpersonal Care Quotes

I think the greatest thing that we can do is take care of each other.

I care about people, and I've learned in life that the only thing we are here for is to learn and teach.

Community means caring: caring for people. Dietrich Bonhoeffer says: "He who loves community destroys community; he who loves the brethren builds community." A community is not an abstract ideal.

I try to speak plainly and be sympathetic to the idea of religions where people gather in community. They get a sense of people looking out for each other. My claim is that we have a tendency to look out for each other whether or not there is a religion involved.

Every praying person, every person who has an encounter with God, must have a passionate concern for his or her brother and sister, his or her neighbor. To treat any of these as if he were less than the child of God is to deny the validity of one's spiritual existence.

If you stare at the center of the universe, there is coldness there. A blankness. Ultimately, the universe doesn't care about us. Time doesn't care about us. That's why we have to care about each other.

We must never ignore or pass by the prompting of the Spirit to render service to one another.

That home is most beautiful in which you find each person striving to serve the other.

I'm less interested in how we label ourselves. I'm more interested in how we treat each other. And if we're treating each other right, then I can be African-American, I can be multi-racial, I can be you name it, what matters is, am I showing people respect, am I caring for one, for other people.

That's the way to live - around people who care. It may be a tough ride, but something is going to come out of it.

I often find myself writing about people taking care of each other, or trying to. And often seem to write about situations that are too big for the characters.