Quotes About Compassion

If we can find the money to kill people, we can find the money to help people.

Humans and animals inhabit the planet together and we have to find a way to take the cruelty out of it.

Anything that takes your heart, Darling,' the woman smiled, patting Odette on the shoulder as if she was a child.

We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy, and we, like them, will not rest until this evil is driven from our world.

The only difference between compassionate conservatism and conservatism is that under compassionate conservatism they tell you they're not going to help you but they're really sorry about it.

I am looking for suggestions on what we can do about extremists within our own society. They cannot be ignored.

Sadly, we do a much better job of making people feel guilty than we do of delivering them from the guilt we create. We need to confess this and change our ways.

But I contend that if we're providing total medical coverage for every man, woman, and child in Iraq, shouldn't we at least be doing the same thing for every man, woman, and child in the United States?

I have three things I'd like to say today. First, while you were sleeping last night, 30,000 kids died of starvation or diseases related to malnutrition. Second, most of you don't give a shit. What's worse is that you're more upset with the fact that I said shit than the fact that 30,000 kids died last night.

Jesus never says to the poor: 'come find the church', but he says to those of us in the church: 'go into the world and find the poor, hungry, homeless, imprisoned.

Perhaps because our culture and politics have gone so off course, with values so contrary to those of Jesus, more and more people intuitively recognize that His vision of God's kingdom-a new world of compassion, justice, integrity and peace- is the Good News they've been searching and waiting for.

Francis of Assisi once said, "We should preach the gospel all day long—and if necessary, use words!

A heart of compassion is just as hard to hold within you as one of indifference" -the Truth Bird

Even the most wicked have a family that loves them.

Jesus didn't wait until we got better to die for us. He died when we were in our most unlovely state. The person who doesn't deserve love actually needs love more, not less. If you know someone unworthy of love, that's great! You now have a chance to emulate Christ, because the essence of His love is unconditional.

A friend is someone who gets in your way when you are on your way down.

True biblical love is compassionately and righteously pursuing the well-being of another.

One guy, seeing that I was hungry, insisted on buying me a huge lunch and when I thanked him for his kindness, he simply said, 'Pass it on.' I liked this selfless concept - repay me by rewarding someone else entirely with a generous dollop of goodwill.

I'm against the death penalty. I believe that it is a mistake to show that killing people is wrong by killing people. However I'm not against the random killing of people who snore.

and their families are hungry. They don't have guns. Wouldn't hurt

The four classes are: 1) Good for you, good for other people, 2) Good for you, bad for other people 3) Bad for you, good for other people and 4) Bad for you, bad for other people.

Give others the benefit of the doubt and remember that people are doing the best they can with the resources that they have.

There are two ways," he told me, "and they are love and not love. I choose love.