Quotes About Compassion

war is inconsistent with the Christian religion, immoral in its acts, and repugnant to the true interests of mankind.

The vision of society articulated by Charles Finney and other evangelicals took special notice of those on the margins of society—women, slaves, the victims of war and abuse, prisoners, the poor—those Jesus called "the least of these.

Any political engagement that claims to be Christian must be concerned with the full range of things that the Bible says God cares about.

In a pluralistic society, people should be free to do many things that others consider stupid or sinful. But tolerance toward others does not extend to allowing them to kill other people.

I abhor a piety which has no humanity with it and in it," he added. "God loves both piety and humanity."165

No one will hear our pleas for the unborn if, at the same time, we ignore the devaluation of other marginalized populations outside of the womb.

In every single instance where pre-Constantinian Christian writers mention the topic of killing, they say that Christians do not do that, whether in abortion, capital punishment, or war.76 And Jesus's statement about loving enemies is one of the reasons cited.

Antebellum evangelicals supported prison reform, believing that "compassion must be mingled with severity.

God's Word teaches a very hard, disturbing truth. Those who neglect the poor and the oppressed are really not God's people at all—no matter how frequently they practice their religious rituals nor how orthodox are their creeds and confessions.

What an ironic tragedy that an affluent, "Christian" minority in the world continues to hoard its wealth while hundreds of millions of people hover on the edge of starvation!

It is a sinful abomination for one part of the world's Christians to grow richer year by year while our brothers and sisters ache and suffer for lack of minimal health care, minimal education, and even—in some cases—enough food to escape starvation.

God thundered again and again through the prophets that worship in the context of mistreatment of the poor and disadvantaged is an outrage.

Great economic inequality inevitably produces injustice in a fallen world; therefore Christians must oppose it.

You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them,

In opening our hearts, we hope this might promote greater awareness of this condition. Perhaps it will encourage a clearer understanding of the individuals and families who are affected by it.

There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.

What we have found in this country, and maybe we're more aware of it now, is one problem that we've had, even in the best of times, and that is the people who are sleeping on the grates, the homeless, you might say, by choice.

What does it mean to see the Lord of the universe lying by the roadside starving and walk by on the other side? We cannot know. We can only pledge, in fear and trembling, not to kill him again.

I have been loved and given love.

This is the courageous thing to do: to try to reach the other side before it's too late.

Do good unto others..Cherish your loved ones while they are still there.. Guilt and repentance are the worst forms of penance ..

Giving someone the truth when they don't want it is a sort of emotional violence.

Do whatever comes your way as well as you can. Think as little as possible about yourself and as much as possible about other people and other things that are interesting. Put a good deal of thought into happiness that you are able to give.

Now that you're a Skinny Bitch, don't turn into a skinny bitch. We conceived of the title, Skinny Bitch, to get attention and sell books.... But we are not bitches, and we have no desire to promote bitchiness. There is nothing uglier than a pretty woman who's nasty. If you look great, you should feel good about yourself and be happy.