Quotes About Compassion

Love understands the value of the least of us. Forgiveness affirms.

Jay saw no sign of the more than twenty-seven hundred people22 who'd arrived at the Twin Towers that morning as workers, visitors, or emergency responders, or as airplane passengers and crew, but who'd soon be counted among the departed.

Lieutenant Commander David Tarantino, MD, hurt, sore, pungent as an ashcan, limped several blocks to a Metro rail station. He paid the fare and boarded a train toward home. As he reflected on all that he'd seen and done, Dave noticed a woman staring at him from a few seats away. She studied his scrapes and bruises, the burns on his hands. Her gaze worked its way down his torn, stained uniform to his ruined shoes.

Religious liberty is the first freedom in our Constitution. And whether the cause is justice for the persecuted, compassion for the needy and the sick, or mercy for the child waiting to be born, there is no greater force for good in the nation than Christian conscience in action.

All the laws and legislation in the world will never heal this world like the loving hearts and arms of mothers and fathers. If every child could drift to sleep feeling wrapped in the love of their family - and God's love - this world would be a far more gentle and better place.

But, my son. I knew love here as well.

Is there anything I can do for you... besides die?

We create our work for children not because they're "cute," but because they're human beings, deserving of respect.

You have made my day a little better, and I hope I have made your day a little better, too

I know what real courage is, and I understand true compassion.

Se qualcuno piange vuol dire che è ancora vivo. Piangete pure, piccoli miei.

I'm sorry, I don't mean to judge, but I've read the gospels quite a few times, and it seems pretty clear that 'Christian values' are: 1-humility, 2-non-judgementalism, 3-caring for the poor, 4-compassion, 5-love, and 6-serving God.

For 'tis impossible Hate to return with love.

O God! I ask You for the means to do good, to avoid evil and to love the poor.

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

Be the change you wish to see in the world.

Non-violence does not signify that man must not fight against the enemy, and by enemy is meant the evil which men do, not the human beings themselves.

It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.

You must be the change that you wish to see in the world.

Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.

Where there is love there is life.

To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being.

I abhor vivisection with my whole soul. All the scientific discoveries stained with innocent blood I count as of no consequence.

The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer.