Quotes About Compassion

How much do you have to hate somebody to not proselytize?

Being generous of spirit is a wonderful way to live.

Forgiveness is better than revenge.

The idea of vegetarianism is of immense value; it is based on great reverence for life.

I don't believe in revenge. When people are bullies it's because of a deeper-rooted issue - either their family life is tough or they're being bullied by someone bigger than they are.

Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life.

We must remember that life begins at home and we must also remember that the future of humanity passes through the family

I believe that everyone should be treated equal, that's the way I was raised and that's the way I live my life.

We serve life, not because it is broken, but because it is holy.

Cowards live for the sake of living, but for heroes, life is a weapon, a thing to be spent, a gift to be given to the weak and the lost and the weary, even to the foolish and the cowardly.

...We can work it out. Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.

Our selfishness will condemn us to the worst suffering that we ourselves have invented - loneliness.

Most of us, when asked to gauge the richness of our lives, think immediately of people. Those who have cried with us, laughed with us, and shaped who we are.

You can't build joy on a feeling of self-loathing.

What if there are children who will suffer somehow because I failed to obey God? What if my cowardice costs even one child somewhere in the world his or her life?

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality.

Good fiction creates empathy. A novel takes you somewhere and asks you to look through the eyes of another person, to live another life.

We got to push to give, and one life to live.

Generosity, generosity, generosity, must be the beginning and ending of our life

Remember that the people you are talking to are a hundred times more interested in themselves and their wants and problems than they are in you and your problems.

I like the idea of knowing that somebody somewhere made a difference so that your life could be better.

Babies are saved when Christians show up.

Never assume, no matter how strong the temptation, that other people are low-life lying manipulators without a shred of human decency.

Our rewards in life will always be in exact proportion to the amount of consideration we show toward others.