Quotes About Compassion

Charity is the secret weapon Jesus Christ places in our hands, the only thing that can assure us of victory. The first on to use it will win.

Ama o sálvate: elige.

Death hangs over thee, While thou still live, while thou may, do good.

A man makes no noise over a good deed, but passes on to another as a vine to bear grapes again in season.

Shall any man hate me? That will be his affair. But I will be mild and benevolent toward every man, and ready to show even him his mistake, not reproachfully, nor yet as making a display of my endurance, but nobly and honestly.

Someone bathes in haste; don't say he bathes badly, but in haste. Someone drinks a lot of wine; don't say he drinks badly, but a lot. Until you know their reasons, how do you know that their actions are vicious?

When a guide meets up with someone who is lost, ordinarily his reaction is to direct him on the right path, not mock or malign him, then turn on his heel and walk away. As for you, lead someone to the truth and you will find that he can follow. But as long as you don't point it out to him, don't make fun of him; be aware of what you need to work on instead.

The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.

Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?

The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.

When another blames you or hates you, or people voice similar criticisms, go to their souls, penetrate inside and see what sort of people they are. You will realize that there is no need to be racked with anxiety that they should hold any particular opinion about you.

It is man's peculiar duty to love even those who wrong him.

Remember the Golden Rule? "Treat people as you would like to be treated." The best managers break the Golden Rule every day. They would say don't treat people as you would like to be treated. This presupposes that everyone breathes the same psychological oxygen as you. For example, if you are competitive, everyone must be similarly competitive. If you like to be praised in public, everyone else must, too. Everyone must share your hatred of micromanagement.

Christianity's goal is not escape from this world. It loves this world and seeks to change it for the better.

The political vision of the religious right is for the most part an individualistic politics of righteousness, not a communal politics of compassion.

Alzheimer's was far more terrifying than death.

He'd died before she moved to Chicago, but she'd followed the story of his shooting with the same queasy horror as the killings of Freddie Gray and Eric Garner.

Turning the other cheek was a lovely sentiment, but in the real world, it mostly resulted in matching bruises.

Turning the other cheek was a lovely sentiment, but in the real world, it mostly resulted in matching bruises. Better

If only my love was a net that could keep the flies out. If only my love was a net full of food for all the hungry bellies. I understand why so many people have given up on Africa - no one wants to say we are leaving a continent of people behind to tough it out in a hundreds-of-years-old war of survival, but we are, and the reason is because the level of change it would take to make a difference, to heal past wounds and chart a new path is mammoth, gargantuan, almost unimaginable.

She risked her life to put your mind at rest,' Evgenia said. 'How great is love!

Love, he decided, is not about how much someone else cares for you, it's about how much you care for someone else.

But some of our choices are bigger, not massive, but bigger, and they have an impact on the people around us: shall I help that old lady with her shopping, or not? Shall I say something kind to you when I meet you? Shall I laugh at your ideas, shall I walk through the world gently, or shall I push everyone aside?

Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.