Quotes About Compassion

We have plenty of good things to satisfy hunger without bringing corpses upon our table to compose our bill of fare.

Animals are becoming more and more diseased, and it will not be long until animal food will be discarded by many besides Seventh-day Adventists.

Not even a sparrow falls to the ground without the Father's notice. Satan's hatred against God leads him to hate every object of the Saviour's care. He seeks to mar the handiwork of God, and he delights in destroying even the dumb [voiceless] creatures.

Brotherly Love Christ recognized no distinction of nationality or rank or creed. The scribes and Pharisees desired to make a local and a national benefit of the gifts of heaven and to exclude the rest of God's family in the world. But Christ came to break down every wall of partition. He came to show that His gift of mercy and love is as unconfined as the air, the light, or the showers of rain that refresh the earth.

He saw the suffering and sorrow, tears and death, that were to be the lot of men. His heart was pierced with the pain of the human family of all ages and in all lands. The woes of the sinful race were heavy upon His soul, and the fountain of His tears was broken up as He longed to relieve all their distress.

They delighted in destroying the life of animals; and the use of flesh for food rendered them still more cruel and bloodthirsty, until they came to regard human life with astonishing indifference.

We also, while loyal to truth, should try to avoid all that may lead to discord and misapprehension. For whenever these arise, they result in the loss of souls. Whenever circumstances occur that threaten to cause division, we should follow the example of Jesus and of John the Baptist. John

A Christian reveals true humility by showing the gentleness of Christ, by being always ready to help others, by speaking kind words and performing unselfish acts, which elevate and ennoble the most sacred message that has come to the world.

Our Saviour identifies His interest with that of suffering humanity. As

When thou makest a dinner or a supper," Christ says, "call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: and thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

We are to be Christ's representatives on the earth—pure, kind, just, and merciful, full of compassion, showing unselfishness in word and deed.

Though the people of Gergesa had not received Jesus, He did not leave them to the darkness they had chosen. When they bade Him depart from them, they had not heard His words. They were ignorant of that which they were rejecting. Therefore He again sent the light to them, and by those to whom they would not refuse to listen. In

I beseech Thee, let the power of my Lord be great according as Thou hast spoken, saying, The Lord is long-suffering, and of great mercy.... Pardon, I beseech Thee, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of Thy [391] mercy, and as Thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.

It is not possible for the heart in which Christ abides to be destitute of love. If

God's love for the human race is a peculiar form—a love born of mercy, for the human subject is all-undeserving. .

The completeness of Christian character is attained when the impulse to help and bless others springs constantly from within—when the sunshine of heaven fills the heart and is revealed in the countenance.—Christ's Object Lessons, pp. 383, 384.

He wept over Jerusalem, the city He loved, which refused to receive Him, the way, the truth, and the life. They had rejected Him, the Saviour, but He regarded them with pitying tenderness. His

El que teme verdaderamente a Dios preferirá trabajar noche y día y comer su pan en la pobreza antes que satisfacer un afán de ganancias que oprimiría a la viuda y a los huérfanos, o despojaría al extraño de su derecho

mothers (mothers were more likely to be the focus of studies than fathers in that era) who helped the older child understand the baby by saying things like "The baby is crying. Why do you think he's crying? Do you think he's hungry or needs his diaper changed? Let's try to feed him and see if he stops crying" had children who were more likely to fight less and get along better as they grew up.

The human race. You have to love it and wish it well and not preach or think you have any reason to think you are better than anyone else. Amen. Good-bye. Peace.

Human nature. I don't like human nature, but I do like human beings.

The worst part of war is that so many people enjoy it.

Que el Dios omnipotente haga que ese hombre tenga misericordia de vosotros, y os suelte al otro hermano vuestro y a este Benjamín. Y si he de ser privado de mis hijos, que lo sea».

Christ was not to exercise divine power for His own benefit.