Quotes About Compassion

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

I never came across anyone in whom the moral sense was dominant who was not heartless, cruel, vindictive, log-stupid, and entirely lacking in the smallest sense of humanity. Moral people, as they are termed, are simple beasts.

It's a tragedy that we need to continually prove that we are human beings.

There is nothing more substantial to place against the cruelty of the world than language.

Het enige wat je over oorlog moet weten, zoon, is: Niet gaan. "The only thing you need to know about war, son, is: Don't go.

Hillel the Elder, author, in the first century before Christ, of the ethic of reciprocity: That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow.

Rumi, the poet, the Sufi, said, something I will never forget: Beyond right and wrong there is a field, I'll meet you there.

Pain's nothing. Pains what you give, not what you get.

As I have always said, it's a disaster to discover the humanity of your enemy, his nobility, because then he is not your enemy anymore, he just can't be.

Rumi, the poet, the Sufi, said something that I will never forget: Beyond right and wrong there is a field, I'll meet you there.

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

Don't do unto others what you don't want done unto you.

Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society.

The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does.

Fix your mind on truth, hold firm to virtue, rely on loving kindness, and find your recreation in the Arts.

If there were one word that could act as a standard of conduct for one's entire life, perhaps it would be 'thoughtfulness.

Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods. ???? ???? ????? ??? ???? ??? ?? ?? ?? ??????? ????? ?? ??? ?? ?? ?????? ?? ???

Be strict with yourself but least reproachful of others and complaint is kept afar.

A man of humanity is one who, in seeking to establish himself, finds a foothold for others and who, in desiring attaining himself, helps others to attain.

Act with kindness but do not expect gratitude.

Tsze-Kung asked, "Is there one word with which to act in accordance throughout a lifetime?" The Master said, "Is not reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

Those who cannot forgive others break the bridge over which they themselves must pass.

What can a man do with music who is not benevolent?

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of man.