Quotes About Compassion

What we call 'evil' doesn't necessarily deserve any kind of respect or understanding, by any means it just deserves an acknowledgement of its complexity so we can better understand it - so we can help prevent it.

Suffering is one of life's great teachers.

There are amazingly wonderful people in all walks of life some familiar to us and others not. Stretch yourself and really get to know people. People are in many ways one of our greatest treasures.

The ability to forgive is one of man's greatest achievements.

It has been my experience that if we make the effort to listen to people when we meet them, and work to get to know them a little, it is then easy to find something likeable in practically anyone.

The best way to win against the intolerable is to tolerate them, for this they have seldom dealt with. Your indulgence may soften their malice and open their eyes to more honorable ways.

One of the best gifts that we have for the poor and the non-poor is the living word of God. We need to share it with them and let the living word speak for itself.

There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.

No time is better spent than that spent in the service of your fellow man.

How we treat other people changes them, but even more so, how we treat other people changes us.

We love most those who we serve most.

Progress and healing involves seeing every person as not so different from ourselves.

Wish for the happiness of your enemies, for if they are happy, they are your enemy no more.

If you have not been served personally by caring hands in your own life, do not be bitter, but instead, ask yourself who you can now serve.

Do not make the mistake of thinking that you have to agree with people and their beliefs to defend them from injustice.

Every person is a precious gift, and we are all like little children who yearn for acceptance, safety, and unconditional love.

The greatest joys in life are found not only in what we do and feel, but also in our quiet hopes and labors for others.

You will be a beautiful person, as long as you see the beauty in others.

We are here to spend ourselves on others; for each person is a great treasure.

Our truest nature is to help others, and to protect and love them. We care about others, and delight in seeing others happy and safe.

Let us subdue the ravages of the baser-self, and aspire to the higher calling of exalting joy through compassion, for that is the one true purpose of humanity.

Kindness is the supreme intelligence.

All violence demands reform, and all violence desperately begs to be healed.

Giving is the key to all success in all applications of human life.