To my mind, having a care and concern for others is the highest of the human qualities.

The neglect this implied, the suffering and wasted quality of human life were appalling.

You disappoint yourself more often by not doing things because of cowardice and temerity than you ever did by doing things that turn out to be wrong.

I studied medicine so I could help others - set a leg or whatever - and it's given me a great deal of satisfaction.

Each year in Africa about two and a half million people go blind...and they just go blind... they sit around in their huts.

I believe that the basic attribute of mankind is to look after each other

To my mind, having a care and concern for others is the highest of the human qualities.