The sick do not ask if the hand that smoothes their pillow is pure, nor the dying care if the lips that touch their brow have known the kiss of sin.
—Oscar Wilde
What we cultivate and care about inwardly either freshens or poisons the bloodstream of humanity.
—Robert Corin Morris
The more we take the welfare of others to heart and work for their benefit, the more benefit we derive for ourselves. This is a fact we can see. And the more selfish we remain and self-centered, the more selfish our way of life is, the lonelier we feel and the more miserable. This is also a fact we can see.
—14th Dalai Lama
To embrace the child may threaten the adult who values information above wonder, entertainment above play, and intelligence above ignorance. If we were really to care for the child, we would have to face our own lower natures—our indomitable emotions, our insane desires, and the vast range of our incapacity.
—Thomas Moore
The best thing against worry is to take care of others right away.
—Carl Hilty
We were classically in love, holding the classic beliefs: Everything is possible between us, we can authentically care for each other through not just the coming days but… the numerous busy decades to come.… It's in no way denigrating to admit what we all know: This time comes and then it goes.
—Jane Shapiro
If I got to make just one law, it would be that the men who make the decisions to drop bombs would first, every time, have to spend one whole day taking care of a baby. We were not made to do this killing thing, I swear. Back up. It's a big mistake.
—Barbara Kingsolver
Be of love a little more careful than of anything.
—e. e. cummings
Be of love a little more careful than of anything.
—e. e. cummings
Be of love a little more careful than of anything.
—e. e. cummings
That is the greatest fallacy, the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.
—Ernest Hemingway
Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.
—Theodore Roosevelt
During my second year of nursing school, our professor gave us a quiz. I breezed through the questions until I read the last one: "What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?" Surely this was a joke. I had seen the cleaning woman several times, but how would I know her name? I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank. Before the class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our grade. "Absolutely," the professor said. "In your careers, you will meet many people. All are significant. They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say hello." I've never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her name was Dorothy.
—Joann C. Jones
Careful. We don't want to learn from this.
—Bill Watterson
Love begins by taking care of the closest ones—the ones at home.
—Mother Teresa