Quotes About Compassion

For me, justice is the prime condition of humanity.

Rise above principle and do what's right.

We must stand on principle and practicality, and we should be very clear that a policy aimed at driving out 10 or 11 million people is not a good one.

My guiding principle has always been that we do better when we respect one another.

For, quite literally, the whole world today is looking for us to take the lead in carrying out those obligations imposed on the American people as a whole by the beautiful, compassionate and courageous principle of noblesse oblige.

We need to shift from an economic organizing principle for human civilization, to a humanitarian organizing principle. Making money more important than your own children is a pathological way for an individual to run their affairs, and it's a pathological way for a society to run its affairs.

Don't assume that all fat people are gluttons. And don't use the word 'fat.' There is a principle here. Learn from logic and experience not to associate things - especially in preaching - that don't necessarily go together.

We need to accept the principle that sometimes poor people will die just because they are poor.

Even if you're right you have to forgive. It's a principle that works, whether you believe in God or not.

One of the principles of nonviolence is that you leave your opponents whole and better off than you found them.

The fact is that when you do something from your heart, you leave a heart print.

That said, I can't emphasise enough - and I hope you print this - that I absolutely don't judge anybody at all who has an abortion, nor do I think they are murderers, nor do I think they are baby killers.

Two days prior to the Herrick operation I repaired a double cleft lip, resected a recurrent cancer of the mouth, corrected lop ears in a child, and closed a burn of the buttocks.

There was never any doubt of Christ's priorities.

I can't count a single conservative of my acquaintance that doesn't include charitable work in their list of priorities.

The more time goes on, the closer I am to the ground. I've been exposed to so many issues and people living under different pressures. It's helped me realize that a lot of glamorous things that people prioritize really don't matter.

We will not give up the fight to ensure that mental health is the given the priority it needs and deserves.

Make intercessory prayer a priority in your life and the life of your family. It will cause you to be more empathetic, less self-obsessed, and increasingly more like Christ.

It's crucial that we keep care for our seniors a priority.

Making people feel good is the number one priority: I love that.

The health and safety of our neighbors and our communities should be our top priority - nothing is more important.

It's absolutely crucial that we look at mental health not just through the prism of health but in a cross-cutting way.

I've worked in the prison system, on death row and maximum security. I did that work for six years. I've worked with some of the most difficult people in our society. Buddhism was accessible and helpful for these individuals.

Do you realize, when Mandela was inaugurated president, he invited as his special guests the white jailers from his Robben Island prison? He literally did forgive everybody.