Quotes About Compassion

Great God! hast Thou given men Thine own image that it should be thus cruelly defaced by the hands of their brethren!

his very benevolence is selfish;

All my life long I have been more melted by the distress under which a strong, proud, and powerful mind is compelled to give way, than by the more easily excited sorrows of softer dispositions.

Remember as you go about your day that you may be the only Jesus some of your friends, neighbors, and family will ever see.

God gave people tear ducts for a good reason, and folks shouldn't be too stubborn to use them.

We're all human and disagreements come up even between two people who are deeply in love.

life. You gave up on the book and the job and the money to save my life. I could fall in love with you." I've

I've said I love you when I've meant it, and I've said I love you when it was the right thing to say, and I've said I love you when saying anything else would have hurt someone without reason. And I couldn't say a word, there in the dark.

When a man is able to connect with his feelings, he is able to care more.

a group of refugee boys who had survived the unimaginable, strangers now in an unfamiliar land, playing the game with passion, focus, and grace that seemed, for a brief moment anyway, to nullify the effects of whatever misfortune they had experienced in the past.

Jesus] said, "Those who are strong have no need of a physician, but those who are ill.…For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners" (Matt. 9:10-13). Jesus opened up God's heart to men.

A literary work ... is, during the time one reads it, a friend with whom one has chosen to spend one's time. The question now is, what does this friendship do to my mind? What does this new friend ask me to notice, to desire, to care about? How does he or she invite me to view my fellow human beings?

If it is a choice to be right or kind, always choose kind.

You are in a partnership with all other human beings, not a contest to be judged better than some and worse than others.

If you meet someone whose soul is not aligned with yours, send them love and move along.

It is easy to love people when they smell good, but sometimes they slip into the manure of life and smell awful. You must love them just as much when they smell foul.

A mind at peace a mind centered and not focused on harming others is stronger than any physical force in the universe.

When you squeeze an orange, you'll always get orange juice to come out. What comes out is what's inside. The same logic applies to you: when someone squeezes you, puts pressure on you, or says something unflattering or critical, and out of you comes anger, hatred, bitterness, tension, depression, or anxiety, that is what's inside. If love and joy are what you want to give and receive, change your life by changing what's inside.

Attachment to being right creates suffering. When you have a choice to be right, or to be kind, choose kind and watch your suffering disappear.

See the light in others, and treat them as if that is all you see.

When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind.

Remember, purpose is about giving...All you can do with your life is to give it away in the service of others.

Love is my gift to the world. I fill myself with love, and I send that love out into the world.

Remove all unloving thoughts from your mind, and practice kindness in all of your thoughts, words, and actions. Cultivate