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Loving others27 quotes
No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite. — Nelson Mandela · 1994Owe no man any thing, but to love one another. — Apostle Paul · 56This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God. — Walt Whitman · 1855The best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of Love. — William Wordsworth · 1798To love another person is to see the face of God. — Jean Valjean · 2012God loves me, and I have an opportunity to love others as he loves me, not in big things, but in small things with great love. — Mother Teresa · 1979All 27 quotes →
Love12 quotes
To love another person is to see the face of God. — Jean Valjean · 2012By loving people without cause he discovered indubitable causes for loving them. — Leo Tolstoy · 1869When you really love somebody, you got to love everything about them. You got to love the crust of a motherfucker. You can’t just love the white part of the bread. You got to love the crust, the crumbs, the little fuckin' crumbs at the bottom of the toaster. That’s what the real motherfucker is. — Chris Rock · 1999A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others. — The Wizard of Oz · 1939I am no one special; just a common man with common thoughts, and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten. But in one respect, I have succeeded as gloriously as anyone who ever lived. I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and for me, that has always been enough. — Duke · 2004It is man's peculiar duty to love even those who wrong him. — Marcus Aurelius · 180All 12 quotes →
Selflessness3 quotes
By loving people without cause he discovered indubitable causes for loving them. — Leo Tolstoy · 1869No one is to seek his own advantage, but rather that of his neighbor. — Apostle Paul · 55Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves. — Apostle Paul · 62
This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God. — Walt Whitman · 1855The best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of Love. — William Wordsworth · 1798
Charity1 quote
This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God. — Walt Whitman · 1855
Education1 quote
No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite. — Nelson Mandela · 1994
Only the soul that loves is happy. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1788
Empathy1 quote
He that plants trees loves others beside himself. — Thomas Fuller (physician) · 1732
Freedom1 quote
The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves. — William Hazlitt · 1819
Friends1 quote
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. — Jesus · 90
Friendship1 quote
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. — Jesus · 90
God's love1 quote
God loves me, and I have an opportunity to love others as he loves me, not in big things, but in small things with great love. — Mother Teresa · 1979
Hate1 quote
No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite. — Nelson Mandela · 1994
Humility1 quote
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves. — Apostle Paul · 62
A person with ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good, for he or she has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or she belongs in a greater whole and is diminished when others are humiliated or diminished when others are tortured or oppressed, or treated as if they were less than who they are. — Desmond Tutu · 2000
The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves. — William Hazlitt · 1819
The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves. — William Hazlitt · 1819
Loving God1 quote
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? — 1st John 4:20 · 95
It is man's peculiar duty to love even those who wrong him. — Marcus Aurelius · 180
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. — God · 1405 BC
He that plants trees loves others beside himself. — Thomas Fuller (physician) · 1732
Openness1 quote
A person with ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good, for he or she has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or she belongs in a greater whole and is diminished when others are humiliated or diminished when others are tortured or oppressed, or treated as if they were less than who they are. — Desmond Tutu · 2000
Power1 quote
The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves. — William Hazlitt · 1819
No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite. — Nelson Mandela · 1994
Sacrifice1 quote
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. — Jesus · 90
A person with ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good, for he or she has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or she belongs in a greater whole and is diminished when others are humiliated or diminished when others are tortured or oppressed, or treated as if they were less than who they are. — Desmond Tutu · 2000
The best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of Love. — William Wordsworth · 1798
Trees1 quote
He that plants trees loves others beside himself. — Thomas Fuller (physician) · 1732
True love1 quote
I am no one special; just a common man with common thoughts, and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten. But in one respect, I have succeeded as gloriously as anyone who ever lived. I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and for me, that has always been enough. — Duke · 2004