Quotes About Compassion

Being happily and successfully married is generally not so much a matter of marrying the right person as it is being the right person.

I wonder how the foreign policies of the United States would look if we wiped out the national boundaries of the world, at least in our minds, and thought of all children everywhere as our own.

The cry of the poor is not always just, but if you don't listen to it, you will never know what justice is.

You know, I've seen a lot of people walkin' 'round With tombstones in their eyes But the pusher don't care Ah, if you live or if you die.

If men knew each other, they would neither idolize nor hate.

I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in any other institution that I have ever known.

The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.

The moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in shadows of life, the sick, the needy, and the handicapped.

Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.

The moral test of government is how it treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life – the sick, the needy, and the handicapped.

It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy, and the handicapped.

Life's unfairness is not irrevocable; we can help balance the scales for others, if not always for ourselves.

Never give up on anybody.

The moral test of government is how it treats people in the dawn of life, the children, in the twilight of life, the aged, and in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy, and the handicapped

Van één ding zijn we zeker : dat we mensen zijn, stof onder de sterren. En dat alle menselijke geluk en alle menselijke leed door mensen veroorzaakt wordt.

Le long sentier vers l'humanisation de l'humanité est éclairé par trois lumières : le désir de comprendre le monde (la science), de l'embellir (l'art) et d'aider les êtres vivants à vivre (l'empathie). Trois mots à retenir : « connaîtras », « créer », « compatir ».

When you write about the people you hate the most, do it with love.

I'm for the poor man — all poor men, black and white, they all gotta have a chance. They gotta have a home, a job, and a decent education for their children. 'Every man a king' — that's my slogan.

I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.

We simply cannot get on as a society by purely individualistic methods, jealously guarding our own interests, governed by thought of self and fear of others. Progress, peace, victory--industrially, nationally, religiously, and in every sphere of life--are given to union, not to disunion.

Nothing, except what flows from the heart, can render even external manners truly pleasing.

All people want is someone to listen.

Listen. Do not have an opinion while you listen because frankly, your opinion doesn't hold much water outside of Your Universe. Just listen. Listen until their brain has been twisted like a dripping towel and what they have to say is all over the floor.