Quotes About Compassion

The essence of justice is mercy.

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge, and dares to forgive an injury.

The Degree of Loving is Measured by the Degree of Giving

He drew a circle that shut me out — heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had the wit to win — and we drew a circle that took him in!

By a divine paradox, wherever there is one slave there are two. So in the wonderful reciprocities of being, we can never reach the higher levels until all our fellows ascend with us.

He drew a circle that shut me out -- Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But Love and I had the wit to win: We drew a circle that took him in.

The crest and crowning of all good, Life's final star, is Brotherhood.

He drew a circle that shut me out- Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had the wit to win: We drew a circle and took him In!

They drew a line that shut me out, Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout! But love and I had the wit to win We drew a circle and brought them in.

We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; let us now commit it to life.

You can have malice towards other life forms other than humans. This, though somewhat contentious, could be said to be involved when eating animal products. Why? Anyone eating them is only doing so out of desire rather than need and this desire involves the doing of harm.

To eat meat in a world where it is not required for sustenance is to do so out of malice. To consume any animal product purely for your own pleasure is to do so out of greed and arrogance.

Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals "love" them. But those who respect their natures and wish to let them live normal lives, love them more.

Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals "love" them. But those who respect their natures and wish to let them live normal lives, love them more.

It is those who have compassion for all life who will best safeguard the life of man. Those who become aroused only when man is endangered become aroused too late. We cannot make the world uninhabitable for other forms of life and have it habitable for ourselves. It is the conservationist who is concerned with the welfare of all the land and life of the country, who, in the end, will do most to maintain the world as a fit place for human existence.

Who was I to judge the heart which broke into that moment, spilling kindness and longing? Who was I to dismiss her story because I did not know it?

Quelli con il pelo sullo stomaco che pensano a lungo prima di addormentarsi non riescono mai a essere cattivi.

Christ passed no human being by as worthless and hopeless, but sought to apply the saving remedy to every soul who needed help. Wherever he was found, he had a lesson to present that was the right one for the time and circumstance.

It was to answer the accusation of the scribes and Pharisees to the effect that Jesus chose the companionship of sinners that he spake the parables concerning the lost sheep, the lost silver, and the prodigal son, and in these presentations showed that his mission to the world was not to make miserable, not to condemn and destroy, but to recover that which was lost.

A click of a smile donates the sweetness of love and beautifies the world.

A precise definition of self-respect is also that you respect everyone's self-respect without distinctions.

A smile is beautiful; a beauty of one's character and heart since that inspires love.

Adopting such philosophy and slogan, which describe, let everyone live, and live, for their living, show a marvelous humane leadership.

After jumping out of your ego, you liberate your own, and you see the way towards the values of others.