Quotes About Compassion

Teach governments humanity. It is their sanguinary punishments which corrupt mankind.

I care not how affluent some may be, provided that none be miserable in consequence of it.

Through the machineries of greed, pettiness, and the abuse of power, love occurs.

Love with your mouth shut, help without breaking your ass or publicizing it: keep cool, but care.

We believe with all our hearts that it is possible to disagree passionately with people, even to see their views as wrong and harmful, and still love them.

Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back.

He who does not accept and respect those who want to reject life does not truly accept and respect life itself.

One cannot believe that God has divided humanity into the elect, whom he loves, and the non-elect, whom he despises and believe that God is nonetheless worthy of worship and, at the same time, love one's neighbor as oneself.

Love is the true means by which the world is enjoyed: our love to others, and others love to us.

To love one person with a private love is poor and miserable: to love all is glorious.

It is not easy to learn much about love, but one thing I discovered, that Lady Harleigh taught me: it is not whom you love that is important, but only that we love.

I wish I could help," he murmured, with a turn to the Victrola handle. "We help one another by understanding one another: that is the only help there is.

We help one another by understanding one another. That is the only help there is. And the only hope as well.

Here, now, Jack," she said in a kindly tone, "lay your head against the back of the chair—that's good, just so." She peered down

friendliness also mean being sensitive to the children's feelings: sharing their joy over a new friend, comforting them when their ice cream falls on the ground, listening sympathetically when they're

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If God should show mercy only to such as deserve it, he must show mercy to none.

Our sins should humble us, but they must not discourage us from coming to Christ.

If God spares us as a father does his son, let us imitate God. It is natural for children to imitate their parents. Let us imitate God in this one thing: As God spares us, and passes by many failures, so let us be sparing in our censures of others; let us look upon the weaknesses and indiscretions of our brethren with...a more tender, compassionate eye. How much God bears with us!

It is not how much we do, but how much we love.

Many like to hear of the love of Christ, but not of loving their enemies; they like the comforts of the word, but not its reproofs.

Love is such a grace as we know not how to be without. A soldier may as well be without his weapons, an artist without his pencil, a musician without his instrument, as a Christian can be without love.

Every time we draw our breath we suck in mercy.

The more helpful we are to others, the more like we are to God.