Quotes About Compassion

No man truly has joy unless he lives in love.

You can hate a man for many reasons. Color is not one of them.

A man must learn to understand the motives of human beings, their illusions, and their sufferings.

Never worry for fear you have broken a man's heart; at the worst it is only sprained and a week's rest will put it in perfect working condition again.

Love is blind; but it makes you see the blind man; teetering on the roadside . . .

I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.

A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own.

Why should I be angry with a man for loving himself better than me?

Where in this wide world can man find nobility without pride, friendship without envy, or beauty without vanity?

Enjoying the joys of others and suffering with them-these are the best guides for man.

There's no man, alive or dead, who's going to fault you for living.

Think now and then that there is a man who would give his life, to keep a life you love beside you.

Believe in no other God than the one who insists on justice and equality among men.

The only way to tell the truth is to speak with kindness. Only the words of a loving man can be heard.

Whoever counters the malicious with malice can never be free, but one who feels no maliciousness pacifies those who hate. Hate brings misery to humanity so the wise man knows no hatred.

All are brothers and sisters. All are one, be alike to every­one. That is Unity... the brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of God.

From its origin to the present hour, in all its vicissitudes, Masonry has been the steady unwearing friend of man.

When the Lord commands that we must forgive all men, that includes forgiving ourselves.

We are not the worst moments of our lives. Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking.

Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes from thoughtlessness or inherited habit. Extract from 'Memories of childhood and youth.'

Happy is the man who can brush aside the offending remarks of another and go on his way.

Whatsoever is done out of pure love, be it ever so little or contemptible in the sight of men, is wholly fruitful; for God measures more with how much love one worketh, than the amount he doeth.

A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.

It is usually the case with most men that their nature is so constituted that they pity those who fare badly and envy those who fare well.