Quotes About Compassion

Now that you've cleaned up your lives by following the truth, love one another as if your lives depended on it. 1 Peter 1:22, THE MESSAGE

Will we be perfect at it? Of course not. Disputes arise. That's part of being human. But that's what offering and seeking forgiveness are for: restoring the love that God wants between our family and us. Is there someone you need to seek forgiveness from or offer forgiveness to today?

As we come to the end of this word from God for all of us who are scattered throughout the world, we are reminded of the beauty and simplicity of pure religion. We learn to ask ourselves a simple question: Is my life an expression of love to God and others? Let's keep it simple, dear friends. Love God. Love others.

Our God created us to find fulfillment and joy in doing His work, in serving others, in living with the compassion of Jesus in this world.

Encouraging words, fueled by the Word of God, carry life. They are like a cold drink of the finest water to a desperately thirsty soul. Even the smallest act of kindness can bring hope to a hurting heart. I've

O Lord, don't rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your rage. Have compassion on me, Lord, for I am weak. Heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony. I am sick at heart. How long, O Lord, until you restore me? Return, O Lord, and rescue me. Save me because of your unfailing love. Psalm 6:1–4, NLT

It is God's job to judge; it is our job to share His love.

Thich Nhat Hanh says that he was inspired to write the poem in 1976 when he first heard about the rape and suicide of the twelve-year-old girl spoken of in the poem. "I learned," he says, "after meditating for several hours that I could not just take sides against the pirate. I saw that if I had been born in his village and brought up under the same conditions, I would be exactly like him. Taking sides is too easy" (Nhat Hanh, 1993, p. 107).

Jesusanity is about a changed view of the world and others.

Hatred seldom reaches its intended target it only reveals the true ugliness of the perpetrator.

Bad things do happen in the world, like war, natural disasters, disease. But out of those situations always arise stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things.

To forgive, you have to forget," he counseled. "Because otherwise you haven't truly forgiven.

Restorative Justice} allowed you two hold two things in your head at the same time...that's what community was, all those layers of understanding.

True freedom has its limits, which are the rights of others. God

two wrongs dont make a right

It's not enough to just be good. We gotta do good! Even if things get scary!

That's easy for you to say! You're just a kid. You don't know what a rotten, horrible place this world can be. It can be so cold...so cruel...so unforgiving..." "Papa...That's why we need to be good.

If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base.

A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.

It is not our job to defeat those we disagree with. Instead, we are to speak the truth in love with respect, honor, and compassion for the listener

Mankind is unkind, man.

Jja s'inquiétait pour lui. Il n'avait pas essayé de lui expliquer tous ses ennuis, car elle n'aurait jamais pu les comprendre. Elle ne lui en voulait pas, il en était persuadé. Elle faisait de son mieux : elle offrait sa compassion silencieuse pour atténuer une douleur secrète, comme maintenant. Il savoura cette attention paisible pendant un moment. —

I'm loyal to you, too, because you have been kind to me and I won't return hurt for kindness.

We live in hard times. Trouble should become easier to handle as we are older, but by then we know that the world is not cruel, only indifferent, and that hurts even more.