Quotes About Compassion

It is not enough to long for a person as a good for oneself, one must also, and above all, long for that person's good.

I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in human beings.

Next to the Blessed Sacrament itself, your neighbor is the holiest object presented to your senses.

If I ever become a Saint - I will surely be one of "darkness." I will continually be absent from heaven - to light the light of those in darkness on earth.

A day of peace and sharing can lead to greater understanding and cooperation among political parties, faith groups, and people of different races and economic class.

The most important elements of faith [are] believing in something bigger than yourself, taking care of those less fortunate than you.

The way you are with others every day, regardless of their status, is the true test of faith.

If solace is any sort of succor to someone, that is sufficient. I believe in the faith of people, whatever faith they may have.

Faith is the function of the heart.

Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.

Dearest brothers and sisters who are so persecuted, I know how much you suffer, I know that you are stripped of everything. I am with you in the faith of the one who has conquered evil!

My effort should never be to undermine another's faith but to make him a better follower of his own faith.

I'm inspired by my faith of course, and all the different people around me.

The great basis of the Christian faith is compassion; do not dismiss that from your hearts, neither will your Maker.

The higher animals are in a sense drawn into Man when he loves them and makes them (as he does) much more nearly human than they would otherwise be.

The beauty of Catholicism is every human being's right.

The true test of faith is how we treat those who can do nothing for us in return.

How can I even secretly harbour the thought that my neighbour's faith is inferior to mine?

Grace is something you can never get but only be given.

I have never made any distinction between those who have taken vows and those who have not; some should not be overburdened in order to spare others.

As for religious faith, a lack of it shouldn't stop us from doing good deeds for their own sake.

In the end, it is conscience that will have the last word, stronger than all strategies, all ideologies and also all religions.... Peace is still possible.

One's faith is kept alive as one occasionally meets a realized ideal of better human relations.

There are times when one friend requires the blind faith of another.