An institution or reform movement that is not selfish, must originate in the recognition of some evil that is adding to the sum of human suffering, or diminishing the sum of happiness.

We all want a world without war, without conflict, without human suffering.

Righteous is the one who was able to demonstrate compassion in face of human suffering.

It's horrifying to see the extent of the human suffering,

Only parents and torturers and the janitors of holocausts are asked to stand the sound of so much human grief.

Africa was full of people in need of help and there had to be a limit. You simply could not help everybody; but you could at least help those who came into your life. That principle allowed you to deal with the suffering you saw. That was your suffering. Other people would have to deal with the suffering that they, in their turn, came across.