#others

I think that hate is a feeling that can only exist where there is no understanding. ↗

— Tennessee Williams

#understanding-others #youth

We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#empathy #kindness #suffering #understanding-others #suffering

I'm starting to realize that people lack good mirrors. It's so hard for anyone to show us how we look, & so hard for us to show anyone how we feel. ↗

— John Green

#understanding

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#helping-others #help

The place is also big enough. We could all live there without killing each other." -Rhage "That depends more on your mouth than any floorplan." -Phury ↗

— J.R. Ward

#comedy #dark #view-point #comedy

The first lesson every child of Athena learned: Mom was the best at everything, and you should never, ever suggest otherwise. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#athena #heroes-of-olympus #hubris #mother-knows-best #mothers-and-daughters

Mothers are all slightly insane. ↗

— J. D. Salinger

#mothers #slightly

But mothers lie. It's in the job description. ↗

— John Green

#mothers #mother

Love is not patronizing and charity isn't about pity, it is about love. Charity and love are the same -- with charity you give love, so don't just give money but reach out your hand instead. ↗

— Mother Teresa

#christian-behavior #compassion #helping-others #love #service

If you just set out to be liked, you will be prepared to compromise on anything at anytime, and would achieve nothing. ↗

— Margaret Thatcher

#achievement