The same love and graciousness as though I were a queen already and not wretched little Much-Afraid." Then she looked up into his face and for a little time could say no more, but at last she added, "My Lord, I cannot tell you how greatly I want to regard others in the same way.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

Those who are compassionate when they should be tough will be tough when they should be compassionate.

When you show deep empathy toward others, their defensive energy goes down, and positive energy replaces it. That's when you can get more creative in solving problems.

Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.

What are the things that you can't see that are important? I would say justice, truth, humility, service, compassion, love...They're the guiding lights of a life.

The most important medicine is tender love and care.

I wish that people who are conventionally supposed to love each other would say to each other, when they fight, "Please - a little less love, and a little more common decency."

A woman's pity often opens the door to love.

When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least.

Be humble, be big in mind and soul, be kindly; you will like yourself that way and so will other people

If there is no humility, love remains blocked.