“Treat everyone you meet as if they have infinite value because in God’s eyes they do”
Wisconsin Medical Society http://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/savant/kimpeek.cfm
“Everyone is dragged on by their favorite pleasure.”
Trahit sua quemque voluptas.
Book II, line 65
Eclogues (37 BC)
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
The British Weekly, 1897. http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/06/29/be-kind/
Misattributed
Variant: Be pitiful, for every man is fighting a hard battle.
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
Attributed to Plato in No Ordinary Moments: A Peaceful Warrior's Guide to Daily Life (1992) by Dan Millman. It has also been wrongly attributed to Philo. It is a variant of the Christmas message "Be pitiful, for every man is fighting a hard battle," written by the Scottish preacher Ian Maclaren (also known as John Watson) in 1897.
Be Kind; Everyone You Meet is Fighting a Hard Battle. Plato? Philo of Alexandria? http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/06/29/be-kind/
Misattributed
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.”
Attributed to Philo in How Do We Know When It's God?: A Spiritual Memoir (1999) by Dan Wakefield. It has also been wrongly attributed to Plato and Ephrem the Syrian. It is a variant of the Christmas message "Be pitiful, for every man is fighting a hard battle," written by the Scottish preacher Ian Maclaren (also known as John Watson) in 1897.
Be Kind; Everyone You Meet is Fighting a Hard Battle. Plato? Philo of Alexandria? http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/06/29/be-kind/.
Misattributed
“Respect is how to treat everyone, not just those you want to impress.”
Source: Screw It, Let's Do It: Lessons In Life
