Quotes About Compassion

The ethic of divinity is sometimes incompatible with compassion, egalitarianism, and basic human rights. But at the same time, it offers a valuable perspective from which we can understand and critique some of the ugly parts of secular societies.

Simplemente, no sentimos tanta empatía hacia los que vemos como -los otros-

This book is about why it's so hard for us to get along. We are indeed all stuck here for a while, so let's at least do what we can to understand why we are so easily divided into hostile groups, each one certain of its righteousness.

principle of charity, which says that one should interpret other people's statements in their best, most reasonable form, not in the worst or most offensive way possible.

What is moral is everything that is a source of solidarity, everything that forces man to Ã¢â'¬Â¦ regulate his actions by something other than Ã¢â'¬Â¦ his own egoism.

The Care/harm foundation

If there is any one secret of success it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from their angle as well as your own."50 It's such an obvious point, yet few of us apply it in moral and political arguments because our righteous minds so readily shift into combat mode.

Please, we can get along here. We all can get along. I mean, we're all stuck here for a while. Let's try to work it out.

Durkheim, who said: "What is moral is everything that is a source of solidarity, everything that forces man to Ã¢â'¬Â¦ regulate his actions by something other than Ã¢â'¬Â¦ his own egoism."65

What if food really was love and world peace could be a reality?

Here I come, victims of the world. God help all of us.

All the lonely people.

There's profit in law enforcement?" "I was thinking spiritually." —

Just because others have it worse doesn't mean you have to suffer in silence.

You have to remember. . .that for this little boy whom you have met, his life is just as important to him, as your life is to you. No matter how insufficient or how shabby it may seem to some, it is the only one he has.

We should invest in kids like these," we're told, "because it will be more expensive not to." Why do our natural compassion and religious inclinations need to find a surrogate in dollar savings to be voiced or acted on? Why not give these kids the best we have because we are a wealthy nation and they are children and deserve to have some fun while they are still less than four feet high?

Still, I think it grieves the heart of God when human beings created in His image treat other human beings like filthy rags.

When you're dying in America, at the end of the millennium, you're not alone

If you were born in a country or at a time not only when nobody comes to kill your wife and your children, but also nobody comes to ask you to kill the wives and children of others, then render thanks to God and go in peace. But always keep this thought in mind: you might be luckier than I, but you're not a better person.

Please, mein Herr, shoot the children cleanly.

This path is very rarely the result of any choice, or even of personal predilection. The victims, in the vast majority of cases, were not tortured or killed because they were good any more than their executioners tormented them because they were evil. It

Nechci, aby naši muži trp?li pocitem osobní zodpov?dnosti.

It was harder to let yourself sink if someone else needed you to be their rock.

Nix still held Benny's hand, and her grip tightened to an almost crushing force, grinding his hand bones together. It hurt, but Benny would rather have cut that hand off than take it back at that moment. If it would help Nix through this, he'd give her a pair of pliers and a vise so she could do a proper job.