Quotes About Compassion

When we are broken like Jesus, we are able to forgive people, truly forgive them, and desire no revenge. A good example of this is found in the life of Joseph. When his brothers came to him desperate in the time of famine, he had every reason to turn them away and let them die. But he didn't. He said, "My brothers, don't be afraid, the Lord sent me here for you" (see Genesis 45:5).

I felt other Christian charities and ministries of compassion were wrong in showing the love of Christ. No, many were doing a wonderful job. But I felt the local church should be the center for outreach, and we needed to bring the balance back.

To look into the sad eyes of a hungry child or see the wasted life of a drug addict is to see only the evidence of Satan's hold on this world. All bad things, whether in Asia or America, are his handiwork.

Nothing is so awkward as a demonstration of humanity by the enemy.

KING (to Sakuntala): O fair lady! The tear drop that once stood trembling on your lower lip -and I watched uncaring, lost in delusion- while it still clings to your gently-curving lashes, I shall now wipe away, my beloved, to free myself of remorse.

Grief must be shared to be endured

etat k?tv? priyam an|ucita| pr?rthan?|vartmano me, sau|h?rd?d v? vidhura iti v? mayy anukro?a|buddhy? i???n de??n vicara, jala|da, pr?v??? sa?bh?ta|?r?r; m? bh?d eva? k?a?am api ca te vidyut? viprayoga?!

Love does not grow on trees or brought in the market, but if one wants to be "loved" one must first know how to give unconditional love.

Love is the essence of this religion. I pray that we will approach all of our questions and concerns, especially the most difficult and intimate questions, with love, in order to be able more and more to solve our problems with love. The Sufi lives in a compassionate and passionate universe, a universe born from a spark of love. (p. 108)

Whatever any moment may bring, there is that unconditioned Reality, the Infinitely Compassionate, ar-Rahman, the Infinitely Merciful, the ar-Raheem. (p. 10)

Life's most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others? Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little.

Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.

Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.

Love is know the pain of too much tenderness.

Our worst fault is our preoccupation with the faults of others.

Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.

Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolutions.

To be closer to God, be closer to people.

You give little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

This was, I think, the secret of his attraction for women. I mean, it felt almost that he could read their minds—many women have said this to me. Women at Los Alamos who were pregnant could say, 'The only one who would understand was Robert.' He had a really almost saintly empathy for people.