Quotes About Compassion

long as the three great problems of the century—the degradation of man through pauperism, the corruption of woman through hunger, the crippling of children through lack of light—are unsolved;

destiny; so long as the three great problems of the century—the degradation of man through pauperism, the corruption of woman through hunger, the crippling of children through lack of light—are unsolved; so long as social asphyxia is possible in any part of the world;—in other words, and with a still wider significance, so long as ignorance and poverty exist on earth, books of the nature of Les Misérables cannot fail to be of use. HAUTEVILLE HOUSE, 1862.

For sixteen sous he had a smile and a dinner.

weep for them all," the bishop said. "Equally," G——— exclaimed, "and if the balance tips, let it be on the side of the people: They have suffered longer.

This is the shade of difference: the door of physicianshould never be shut, the door of the priest should always be open.

With certain kinds of people,we allow for the potential development of all the beauties of human virtue within a faith that is different from our own

The sores of the human race, those great sores which cover the globe, do not halt at the red or blue lines traced upon the map.

there is always more wretchedness below than there is brotherhood above

His only theatre is the free show that god provides, the sky and the stars, flowers and children, mankind who's sufferings he shares and the created world in which he is trying his wings

Les miserables

Do not inquire he name if him who asks a shelter of you. The very man who's embarrassed by his name is the one who needs shelter

Do not ask the name of the person who asks you for a bed for the night. He whose name is a burden to him needs shelter more than anyone.

Ystäväni, painakaa mieleenne, ettei ole olemassa enempää huonoja kasveja kuin huonoja ihmisiäkään. On vain huonoja viljelijöitä. (Jean Valjean)

Un prete opulento è un controsenso. Il prete deve tenersi vicino al povero.

she imagined that her mother's soul had passed into this good man and had come to live close by her.

Poor children cannot enter the public gardens; still, one would think that, as children, they had a right to the flowers.

The nourishment of the people is a good object; to massacre them is a bad means.

The faults of women, children and servants,' he said, 'and of the weak, the poor and the ignorant, are the faults of husbands, fathers and masters, and of the strong, the rich and the learned.

The most ferocious creatures are disarmed by caresses bestowed on their young.

Si eres piedra, sé imán; si eres planta; sé sensitiva; si eres hombre, sé amor.

Chapter1 M. Myriel

Monsieur to a convict is a glass of water to a man dying of thirst at sea. Ignominy thirsts for respect.

Love each other well and always. There is nothing else but that in the world: love for each other.

Es propio de las personas felices desear que las demás también lo sean.