Quotes About Compassion

We hate some persons because we do not know them; and will not know them because we hate them.

Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable.

The greatest and most amiable privilege which the rich enjoy over the poor is that which they exercise the least--the privilege of making others happy.

We hate some persons because we do not know them; and we will not know them because we hate them.

My pain may be the reason for somebody's laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody's pain.

I believe in the power of laughter and tears as an antidote to hatred and terror

Only the unloved hate; the unloved and the unnatural.

Who feeds a hungry animal feeds his own soul.

More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness.

If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.

The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.

The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.

A closed book makes a page; Open heart makes a thousand faces. (Un livre fermé fait une page; Coeur ouvert, mille visages)

Let's salute our enemies. That makes at least one happy. (Saluons nos ennemis. - Ca fait au moins un heureux.)

Love is winning the war without starting the war. (L'amour, c'est gagner la guerre sans commencer la guerre)

The blind also cry.

The blind also cry. (Les aveugles aussi pleurent)

The handle of the heart is the hand of another. (La poignée du cœur - Est la main de l'autre.)

The surplus of the heart overflows from a smile.

The surplus of the heart overflows from a smile. (Le surplus du coeur Déborde d'un sourire)

The worst enemy is oneself, but I do not kill, because I love him.

Every time you do a good deed you shine the light a little farther into the dark. And the thing is, when you're gone that light is going to keep shining on, pushing the shadows back.

I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile.

We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.