HUMAN
NATURE
Elie Wiesel, Night
“The opposite of love
is not hate, it’s indifference.”
Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and humanitarian
LOVE
“These kids have
my heart. If I had
a bigger house,
I’d have more.”
Ellen Loftus, mother
of seven adopted kids
Ellen and Tim
Loftus brought
more than 250
children to the
U.S. for medical
care. About forty
became their
foster kids.
Why did they do it? Because they believe every
kid should have a chance at a healthy life.
“If your country can’t do it,” Ellen says, “does
that mean you don’t deserve it?”
HATE
"I never saw people that could hate so much.”
Judy Shepard, on the anti-gay activists
at the funeral for her son
In October 1998, two men told
Matthew Shepard they’d drive him home.
Instead, they beat him with a pistol,
tied him to a fence post, and left him to die.
Why did the men
beat and kill Shepard?
Because he was gay.
INDIFFERENCE
"I really wanted to help her, but … I just didn't.
But I don’t feel like I have any responsibility
for anything that happened.”
Witness to a gang rape in Richmond, California
In October 2009, a 15-year-old girl was gang-raped
outside a school dance in Richmond, California.
Word of the attack spread, and a crowd gathered.
What did they do to
help the victim?
Nothing.
COMPASSION
“They could be my friends,
my family.”
Dr. Carnell Cooper, who helps wounded
gang members change their lives
Dr. Carnell Cooper,
a surgeon, kept
seeing young
gunshot victims in
his operating room.
So he set up a
program to provide
gang members
counseling and
schooling to get
them off the
streets and into a
job.
Why does he do it?
“Every physician’s goal is to
save lives. This is another step
in that process. It’s just what
I should be doing.”
GOOD/EVIL
Look around you.
Which is the greatest
force—love, hate,
indifference,
or compassion?
Where in your world do you see hatred? • love • hate • Should people have the
legal right to say hateful things in public? • hate • compassion • When should
freedom of speech be restricted? • hate • indifference • Would you risk your life to
save someone in danger? • indifference • compassion • If you had $100 to give
away, what would you do with it? • love • indifference • If you won $1 million,
RAWWRITE
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what would you do with it? • loveput•your
hate
• compassion • Where in
your world do you see hatred? • love • hate • Should people have the legal right
to say hateful things in public? • hate • compassion • When should freedom of
speech be restricted? • hate • indifference • Would you risk your life to save
someone in danger? • indifference • compassion • If you had $100 to give away,
what would you do with it? • love • indifference • If you won $1 million, what
would you do with it? • love • hate • indifference • compassion • Where in your
world do you see hatred? • love • hate • Should people have the legal right to say
hateful things in public? • hate • compassion • When should freedom of speech
be restricted? • hate • indifference • Would you risk your life to save someone in
danger? • indifference • compassion • If you had $100 to give away, what would
you do with it? • love • indifference • If you won $1 million, what would you do
with it? • love • hate • indifference • compassion • Where in your world do you
see hatred? • love • hate • Should people have the legal right to say hateful
Which is the greatest
force—love, hate,
indifference,
or compassion?