Quotes About Compassion

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

Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

Hate the sin and love the sinner.

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles but today it means getting along with people.

There is no 'way to peace,' there is only 'peace.

A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings.

Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

Non-violence is the article of faith.

There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.

Hate the sin, love the sinner.

Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been know to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.

The good man is the friend of all living things.

The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others.

I will far rather see the race of man extinct than that we should become less than beasts by making the noblest of God's creation, woman, the object of our lust.

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body.

Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent than the one derived from fear of punishment.