Quotes About Compassion

I wished that I were the owner of every southern slave, that I might cast off the shackles from their limbs, and witness the rapture which would excite them in the first dance of their freedom.

I am a victim-oriented person. I like to see that the victims know that they have a voice.

I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom.

I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.

We don't yet know, above all, what the world might be like if children were to grow up without being subjected to humiliation, if parents would respect them and take them seriously as people.

Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.

Nonacceptance is always suffering, no matter what you are not accepting. Acceptance is always freedom, no matter what you are accepting.

He who allows oppression shares the crime.

If you haven't wept deeply, you haven't begun to meditate.

Giving others the freedom to be stupid is one of the most important and hardest steps to take in spiritual progress. Conveniently the opportunity to take that step is all around us every day.

Nobody who says, 'I told you so' has ever been, or will ever be, a hero.

In true love, you attain freedom.

As we talked of freedom and justice one day for all, we sat down to steaks. I am eating misery, I thought, as I took the first bite. And spit it out.

If we reach common ground, and can understand what everybody's going through, we can really affect change. And make sure that everyone is trated equally and has the same freedom.

Retaliation is counter-poison and poison breeds more poison. The nectar of Love alone can destroy the poison of hate.

The purpose of freedom is to create it for others.

The right to be respected is won by respecting others.

it was while helping others to be free that I gained my own freedom.

If you are called upon to govern humans, treat them humanely.

That's the difference between governments and individuals. Governments don't care, individuals do.

He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.

Our collective freedom... depends on our ability to defend the rights of others.

To Koreans on the other side, we care about your freedom.

When it comes to fighting for freedom, those who are willing to fight should not be limited by our bigotry. Only rewarded with our gratitude.