“No one will protect what they don't care about; and no one will care about what they have never experienced.”— David Attenborough
“Good night, little girls! Thank the lord you are well! And now go to sleep! said Miss Clavel.”— Ludwig Bemelmans
“In the middle of the night Miss Clavel turned on the light and said, 'Something is not right!'”— Ludwig Bemelmans
“While an ethic of justice proceeds from the premise of equality—that everyone should be treated the same—an ethic of care rests on the premise of nonviolence—that no one should be hurt.”— Carol Gilligan
“An ethics of justice focuses on questions of fairness, equality, and individual rights, while an ethic of care focuses on relationships, responsibilities, and the prevention of harm.”— Carol Gilligan
“Illuminating life as a web of connections rather than a hierarchy of relationships, the ethic of care suggests a different way of seeing.”— Carol Gilligan
“The activities of care—listening, attending, responding with respect—are moral practices.”— Carol Gilligan
“Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.”— Dag Hammarskjöld
“In the sick room, ten cents' worth of human understanding equals ten dollars' worth of medical science.”— Martin Henry Fischer