Quotes About Compassion

I am too easily swayed by every story I hear, or see, or witness, especially the tragic ones," she said. "I think this is going to be the story of my life. I'm going to be the girl who is too easily swayed by other people's stories.

there's a strength in not being strong.

Every year ought to find us more fervent in charity; every day ought our soul to augment in strength, and be decked with new flowers of virtue and good works.

He who has charity is far from all sin.

Being sociable and affable with people brings kindness and friendship.

As no one can adventure nearer the throne of God by virtue of his rank, his wealth, or his talent, so no one is kept farther from that throne by his low condition, or by his poverty of wealth, of learning, or of intellect. The prince and the sage are not more welcome to heaven than the poor and ignorant.

It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.

I know of only one duty, and that is to love.

There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for.

You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.

The evil that is in the world almost always comes from ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.

I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing.

People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves.

We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives... inside ourselves.

Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.

Perhaps we cannot prevent this world from being a world in which children are tortured. But we can reduce the number of tortured children. And if you dont help us, who else in the world can help us do this?

Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.

L'espèce humaine mourra de méchanceté.

Only a life lived for others is worth living.

The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving.

Concern for man and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations.

I believe in one thing — that only a life lived for others is a life worth living.

Life isn't worth living, unless it is lived for someone else.

I love Humanity but I hate humans