Quotes About Compassion

A society will be judged by how it treats its weakest members

Acting, the arts in general, is a magnet for the wounded of society.

Any society which does not insist upon respect for all life must necessarily decay.

The danger today is in believing there are no sick people, there is only a sick society.

Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.

Without a global revolution in the sphere of human consciousness a more humane society will not emerge.

The creation of a more peaceful and happier society has to begin from the level of the individual, and from there it can expand to one's family, to one's neighborhood, to one's community and so on.

To destroy an offender cannot benefit society so much as to redeem him.

Violence is a crime against humanity, for it destroys the very fabric of society.

When we have inner peace, we can be at peace with those around us. When our community is in a state of peace, it can share that peace with neighboring communities.

This society is not only to relieve the poor, but to save souls.

Our society and especially those who suffer injustice need to feel the impact of our commitment to justice and our advocacy for the vulnerable.

I treasure a core value of humanity and that guides people why they act the way they do. I will use this to show other people how they can understand each other… as one, we can help society.

A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members; and among the most vulnerable are surely the unborn and the dying.

A civilized society must count animals as worthy of moral consideration and ethical treatment. The question is not, Can they reason? nor Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?

I found myself being more and more involved with people who were rejected by society - with drug addicts, alcoholism, battered this, battered that - and I found an affinity there.

Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which operates on the basis of necessity. Compassion opposes this order and is therefore best thought of as being in some way supernatural.

Each time we act to improve the life of another person, we send forth a ripple of hope in what appears to be a hopeless society.

Christianity teaches us to love our neighbor as ourself; modern society acknowledges no neighbor.

The fact is, society is made more hospitable by every individual who acts as if 'do unto others' really was a rule.

Giving the best to others are giving the best to us. The value of life is not based on how long we live. But, how much can we contribute to others in our society ?

No society is complete without some victim, a creature to pity, to jeer at, to scorn or to protect.

Few of us could bear to have ourselves for neighbors.

We want to live and love and build a just and peaceful society.