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Quotes About Compassion

Jangan gembira kalau seseorang ditindas, Jangan kesal kalau seseorang mendapat berkah.
~ Alexander Pope
To err is human; to forgive divine. Alexander Pope" Excerpt From: Moriarty, Liane. "The Husband's Secret.
~ Alexander Pope
Good nature and good sense must ever join; To err is human; to forgive, divine.
~ Alexander Pope
Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me. (from The Universal Prayer)
~ Alexander Pope
Favours to none, to all she smiles extends;   Oft she rejects, but never once offends.
~ Alexander Pope
To err is human, to forgive, divine.
~ Alexander Pope
How shall I begin to deplore the deeds of my miserable life? What beginning shall I make, O Christ, to this lament? But since Thou art compassionate, grant me remission of my trespasses." "Like as the potter gives life to his clay, Thou hast bestowed upon me Flesh and bones, breath and life; Today, O my Creator, my Redeemer and My Judge, Receive me a penitent..." "I have lost my first made beauty and dignity, And now I lie naked and covered with shame...
~ Alexander Schmemann
The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between political parties either — but right through every human heart.
~ Alexander Solzhenitsyn
The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between political parties either - but right through every human heart.
~ Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Braggarts build themselves up, jealous people tear others down, but only loving people build others up.
~ Alexander Strauch
Knowledge without love inflates the ego and deceives the mind.
~ Alexander Strauch
As Anthony Thiselton puts it, "The opposite of love is not correction but indifference.
~ Alexander Strauch
Here is a Christian so committed to the well-being of other Christians, especially new Christians, that he is simply burning up inside to be with them, to help them, to nurture them, to feed them, to stabilize them, to establish an adequate foundation for them. Small wonder, then, that he devotes himself to praying for them when he finds he cannot visit them personally.4
~ Alexander Strauch
Love covers all kinds of offenses, hurts, annoyances, disappointments, and sins that we all suffer because of others. Only love has the power to freely and repeatedly forgive, to truly seek to understand people's weaknesses and complexities, to put things into proper perspective, and to put a blanket over other people's faults.
~ Alexander Strauch
You don't have to be a preacher or have years of training to use your home to love and serve people.
~ Alexander Strauch
Helga Henry, the wife of the renowned theologian Carl F. H. Henry, reminds us that "Christian hospitality is not a matter of choice; it is not a matter of money; it is not a matter of age, social standing, sex, or personality. Christian hospitality is a matter of obedience to
~ Alexander Strauch
In his remarkably penetrating booklet, The Mark of the Christian, Francis Schaeffer reminds us that the real issue to be dealt with in most of our conflicts is not the issue at hand but our lack of Christlike love toward our fellow Christians:
~ Alexander Strauch
For me, going vegan was an ethical and environmental decision. I'm doing the right thing by the animals.
~ Alexandra Paul
listening can be more powerful than talking.
~ Alexandra Potter
Sometimes big sisters need looking after too.
~ Alexandra Potter
Happy is the best way to be because then you can let other people be happy, too. Their own way.
~ Alexandra Ripley
What is to give light must endure burning.' I think people who care for others understand. Caregiving is painful.
~ Alexandra Robbins
There is only one true heroism, and that is to know the world as it is and to love it. The great people of history, certainly the spiritually great, give evidence of this ability. HUGH DOWNS W
~ Alexandra Stoddard
Everyone makes a greater effort to hurt other people than to help himself.
~ Alexis Carrel