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Quotes About Compassion

The gift is you.
~ John Denver
I preach that odd defiant melancholy that sees the dreadful loneliness of the human soul and the pitiful disaster of human life as ever redeemable and redeemed by compassion, friendship and love.
~ John Derbyshire
The heart of God's justice is to make sure that the "weak and the orphan" have received their share of God's resources for them to live and thrive. Retributive justice comes in only when that ideal is violated.
~ John Dominic Crossan
Justice without love is brutality. Love without justice is banality.
~ John Dominic Crossan
Whilst my physicians by their love are grownCosmographers, and I their map, who lieFlat on this bed.
~ John Donne
Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls it tolls for thee.
~ John Donne
No man is an Island, entire of itself every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls It tolls for thee.
~ John Donne
Other men's crosses are not my crosses.
~ John Donne
Never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee.
~ John Donne
That thou remember them, some claim as debt; I think it mercy, if thou wilt forget.
~ John Donne
I fix mine eye on thine, and there Pity my picture burning in thine eye...
~ John Donne
I think it mercy if Thou wilt forget.
~ John Donne
No man is an island, no man stands alone . . . Each man's death diminishes me, because I am involved with mankind . . .
~ John Donne
Send not to know For whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee.
~ John Donne
Any man's death diminishes me, for I am involved with mankind.
~ John Donne
No man is an island entirely of itself. Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind.
~ John Donne
You are earth; he whom you tread upon is no less, and he that treads upon you is no more.
~ John Donne
No man is an island, Entire of itself. Each is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less. As well as if a promontory were. As well as if a manor of thine own Or of thine friend's were. Each man's death diminishes me, For I am involved in mankind. Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee.
~ John Donne
Give me tender and supple and conformable affections, that as I joy with them that joy, and mourn with them that mourn, so I may fear with them that fear.
~ John Donne
While there is a lower class I am of it, while there is a criminal class I am of it, while there is a soul in prison I am not free.
~ John Dos Passos
I truly believe that if we are to have any voice in the community we need to first love the community. We need to show them that we care.
~ John Dr. Fuder
Silence in times of suffering is the best.
~ John Dryden
She hugg'd the offender, and forgave the offense:Sex to the last.
~ John Dryden
Forgiveness to the injured does belong but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.
~ John Dryden