A woman whose heart is not touched by the sickness of sorrow and whose hands do not go out in relief where it is in her power to help, lacks one of the elements which make the glory of womanhood.

I am often, I believe, praying for others when I should be doing things for them. It's so much easier to pray for a bore than to go and see him.

What are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer Both for themselves and those who call them friend?

When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.

Don't confuse being 'soft' with seeing the other guy's point of view.

Being free means "being free for the other," because the other has bound me to him. Only in relationship with the other am I free

You can't build a relationship with everybody in the room when you don't care about anybody in the room.

Care more for the individual patient than for the special features of the disease. . . . Put yourself in his place . . . The kindly word, the cheerful greeting, the sympathetic look -- these the patient understands.

We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from it.

If you think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself.

Only free peoples can hold their purpose and their honor steady to a common end and prefer the interest of mankind to any narrow interest of their own.

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.