True compassion does not come from wanting to help out those less fortunate than ourselves but from realizing our kinship with all beings.
—Pema Chödrön
We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.
—W. H. Auden
Never reach out your hand unless you're willing to extend an arm.
—Pope Paul VI
Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won’t adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is to sign on as its accomplice. Instead of vowing to honor and obey, maybe we should swear to aid and abet. That would mean that security is out of the question. The words “make” and “stay” become inappropriate. My love for you has no strings attached. I love you for free.
—Tom Robbins
Sometimes, the best way to help someone is just to be near them.
—Veronica Roth in Divergent
Without the aid of prejudice and custom I should not be able to find my way across the room.
—William Hazlitt
Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help.
—Alex Haley
People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.
—A. C. Benson
All religions begin with the cry "Help.
—William James
God has… ordered things that we may learn to bear one another's burdens; for there is no man without his faults, none without his burden. None is sufficient unto himself; none is wise in himself; therefore, we must support one another, comfort, help, teach, and advise one another.
—Thomas à Kempis
Watching someone you love go through difficult times is like being trapped in your own body but paralyzed. You want to yell at them, scream, help them, but your body won't move, and you know that no matter how hard you try, in the end, the path is theirs to choose. You can't choose for them. What a terrifying concept, especially considering we hardly see every option when we're stuck in our own self-defeat.
—Rachel Van Dyken in Toxic
People who need help sometimes look a lot like people who don't need help.
—Glennon Doyle Melton in Warrior
If you have the ability and the opportunity to help someone, but you don't do anything just because you're scared or it's inconvenient or something, then maybe you're just as bad as the people who caused the trouble in the first place.
—Bree Despain in The Lost Saint
We are here to help each other get through this thing, whatever it is.
—Mark Vonnegut
I just don't know… how do you help someone who doesn't want your help. What do you do when you can't do anything?
—Sarah Dessen in Lock and Key