Love Thy Neighbour As Thyself Quotes

#1. The second of our Lord's two great commandments carries a double charge: 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself' (Matt. 22:39). Therefore, love of companion is governed, in part, by esteem of self.

Russell M. Nelson

#2. (The French psychoanalyst Lacan suggested that the Christian injunction 'love thy neighbour as thyself' must be ironic because people hate themselves.)

Adam Phillips

#3. The first principle from which stems the moral of about all people at all time; it is summarized in this precept: Love thy neighbour as thyself, and: do as you would be done by.

African Spir

#4. In saying what is obvious, never choose cunning. Yelling works better.

Cynthia Ozick

#5. The pause makes you think the song will end. And then the song isn't really over, so you're relieved. But then the song does actually end, because every song ends, obviously, and THAT. TIME. THE. END. IS. FOR. REAL.

Jennifer Egan

#6. I don't know if there was even a hundred million dollars in the whole country!

Sylvia Sidney

#7. Let failure be your workshop. See it for what is is: the world walking you through a tough but necessary semester, free of tuition. (from Workbook)

Steven Heighton

#8. Nothing is more condemnable than selfishness. A man who thinks of himself alone is the most unlucky person of all.

Anand Neelakantan

#9. When looking out the window and watching the water becomes a drama, then literally everything is a drama.

Mary Gaitskill

#10. He is like the fox, who effaces his tracks in the sand with his tail.

{Describing the writing style of famous mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss}

Niels Henrik Abel

#11. Compassion forms the essential bond between seeking God in meditation and all forms of social justice. For the more we are transformed in compassion, the more we are impelled to act with compassion toward others.

James Finley

#12. As the writer, I may choose to ignore the emotional heart of the matter, and focus on details, and trust that the heart of the matter will be conveyed nevertheless.

Lydia Davis