“We as Americans are completely obsessed and wrapped up in a lot of the wrong values - looking good, having cash in the bank, being perceived as rich, famous and successful or just being famous... It's the most superficial part of the American dream and who would know better than me? The only thing that's going to bring you happiness is love and how you treat your fellow man and having compassion for one another.” KnowsMenDreamValuesCompassionSuccessfulRichTreatsFellowsObsessedCashAmerican DreamJust BeingSuperficialLooking GoodFellow ManBeing Famous Author:Madonna Ciccone
“The world, we are told, was made especially for man - a presumption not supported by all the facts... Why should man value himself as more than a small part of the one great unit of creation?” MenWorldShouldMadeFactsValuesCompassionCreationHumilityVeganUnitsStewardshipVeganismPresumptionSmall Parts Book:The range of light: photographs Source: The range of light: photographs
“We have to think and see how we can fundamentally change our education system so that we can train people to develop warm-heartedness early on in order to create a healthier society. I don't mean we need to change the whole system, just improve it. We need to encourage an understanding that inner peace comes from relying on human values like, love, compassion, tolerance and honesty, and that peace in the world relies on individuals finding inner peace.” PeopleThinkingWorldNeedsHumansMeanWholeValuesOrderIndividualUnderstandingCompassionHonestyFindingsTrainWarmToleranceInner PeaceRelyEncouragingWise Man Once SaidEducation SystemNeed A ChangeTibetanLike LoveHuman ValuesFinding Inner Peace Author:Dalai Lama
“That the religious right completely took over the word Christian is a given. At one time, phrases such as Christian charity and Christian tolerance were used to denote kindness and compassion. To perform a "Christian" act meant an act of giving, of acceptance, of toleration. Now, Christian is invariably linked to right-wing conservative political thought -- Christian nation, Christian morality, Christian values, Christian family.” GivingReasonChristianPoliticalUsedReligionValuesGivenNationsReligiousFreedomCompassionLibertyKindnessAcceptanceMoralityWingsCharityConservativeTolerancePhrasesOne TimeAgnosticLinkedRight WingKindness And CompassionTolerationChristian NationChristian FamilyChristian MoralityChristian ValuesConservative Political Author:Peter McWilliams
“Patriarchy values the hard over the soft; the tough over the tender; punishment, vengeance, and vindictiveness over compassion, negotiation, and reconciliation. The 'hard' qualities are linked to power, success, and masculinity - and exalted. The 'soft' qualities are identified with weakness, powerlessness, and femininity - and denigrated.” HardValuesQualityCompassionWeaknessToughPunishmentPatriarchyLinkedMasculinityNegotiationFemininityVengeanceReconciliationExaltedPowerlessnessVindictiveness Author:Starhawk
“Children are not created fully equipped with such values as courage, compassion, integrity, and insights into the motives and needs of themselves and of others.” NeedsChildrenValuesCompassionIntegrityInsightMotive Author:Irene Hunt
“We do know for sure that good Irish Catholics followed their faith in the direction of inclusion, compassion, equality, justice, and a host of other Catholic values when they voted with the majority despite some clergymen’s efforts to lead them astray.” KnowsValuesJusticeEffortCompassionCatholicMajorityDespiteHostInclusionClergymen Author:Mary E. Hunt