Gandhi may have been a flawed human-being, as each of us is, but he was right about this. There is far more goodness in the world than there is bad and those with kindness in their hearts vastly outnumber those who intend to cause to harm. Although it may sometimes feel like it, hatred is not sustainable. During moments of despair, it is never more important for us to spread kindness and love to vanquish the suffering felt by our fellow human-beings, no matter who they are or where they come from, and to respect the help they desire, not the help we think they need. Their pain is our pain and ours is theirs.
The Qur’an and Talmud offer a universal piece of wisdom:
Whoever destroys a soul, it is considered as if he destroyed the entire world. And whoever saves a life, it is considered as if he saved the entire world.