It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.

Good works is giving to the poor and the helpless, but divine works is showing them their worth to the One who matters.

If a man cannot understand the beauty of life, it is probably because life never understood the beauty in him.

We must empower our weak to be strong, and teach our strong to be compassionate. This will open a door to oneness.

When you serve the humanity with compassion and kindness,You express your spontaneous love and inner greatness.

Gain strength. Suck up energy. Make a point of appreciating the fragrance of the flowers and the beauty of the sunset. It is like armor. When you take a moment to practice my message you...

The topic of compassion is not at all religious business; it is important to know it is human business, it is a question of human survival.

This is my letter to the worldThat never wrote to me

I knew then that this is how God loves us all and receives us all, and that there is no such thing in this universe as hell, except maybe in our own terrified minds. Because...

Perimeter is not meaning, but it changes meaning,/as wit increases distance, and compassion erodes it.

You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion.

Disgust at idols strengthened his love for idolaters, and the man who once held Gentile neighbors at a distance now listened to their problems, fears, and temptations.

This morning I awoke drowning in sadness. Sleepily, I probed my heart looking for a cause.Then, rising from the dream, I took possession of my feelings and gave them back to God – the only...

The thought manifests the word;The word manifests the deed;The deed develops into habit;And habit hardens into character;So watch the thought and its ways with care,And let them spring forth from loveBorn out of compassion for...

You cannot fight hate and violence with more hate and violence, any more than you can conquer darkness with more darkness. Adding darkness only increases blackness. To subtract shadow, add light.

You can’t change a regime on the basis of compassion. There’s got to be something harder.

lead in promotion of spirituality and compassion for humanity.

…writers, like priests, should have compassion…and a sensitivity to pain…

When we involve others in spontaneous acts of kindness, we go from being strangers to becoming a united team connected at the heart level.

To sense which gifts to accept & which to leave behind is our path to discovering freedom.

Why must you know the details of my troubles to have compassion? Is it not enough to show compassion simply because you know that everyone has troubles?

It is highly significant and indeed almost a rule, that moral courage has its source in such identification through one’s own sensitivity with suffering of one’s fellow human beings.” (p. 16-17)

The Gelaming regarded themselves as a force for good, and in many ways they were, but they were also inexorable and their compassion could often feel like oppression.

We habitually erect a barrier called blame that keeps us from communicating genuinely with others, and we fortify it with our concepts of who’s right and who’s wrong. We do that with the people who...

It only takes a split second to smile and forget, yet to someone that needed it, it can last a lifetime.

Listening is an attitude of the heart, a genuine desire to be with another which both attracts and heals. (attr to J. Isham)

Their lives revolved around evil acts; some within their control, and some not. Some of them weren’t born with the capacity for kindness, and others found it better to spare no compassion for anyone in...

But those who are incapable ofpitying animals are, as a matter of fact, incapable of pitying men.A physician who would cut a living rabbit in pieces — laying barethe nerves, denuding them with knives, pulling...

In great hearts the cruelty of life gives birth to good.

Difficulty creates the opportunity for self-reflection and compassion.

Kindness and good nature unite men more effectually and with greater strength than any agreements whatsoever, since thereby the engagements of men’s hearts become stronger than the bond and obligation of words.

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

To us children he (Mr Ewing) was our very own ‘Mr Chips’ and invariably we would each receive half a crown whenever we encountered him on his afternoon walk. If we were particularly lucky, he...

I believe God lets us stumble along, slowly finding our way, and giving us chances to pick each other up.

Kindness and awareness work together. Through awareness we understand the underlying beauty of everything and every being.

To be mindful entails examining the path we are traveling & making choices that alleviate suffering & bring happiness to ourselves & those around us.

When we take into consideration the needs of both ourselves and others, we communicate honestly, compassionately and effectively.

One who utters speech that isn’t rough But instructive and truthfulSo that he offends no one, Him I call Brahmin.

Do not allow another person to set you back. Continue moving forward not backwards. When someone pulls you back, be like the arrow to a bow and spring forth greater than ever. And, what they...

She had seen what it cost him and her heart quickened with compassion. For that alone, she might have loved him almost.

The super power that I would choose would be compassion. Because that’s what I think it takes to make it through life-an understanding, a give and take. It saves an awful lot of resentment.

As I crawled out of the abyss of combat and over the rail of the Sea Runner, I realized that compassion for the sufferings of others is a burden to those who have it. As...

What is hard work? It takes strength, energy, and stress to truly care about others enough to place oneself last, but it is easy to wrap oneself up and selfishly scramble on the heads of...

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of man.

Passion for compassion will give you happiness.

If our church is not marked by caring for the poor, the oppressed, the hungry, we are guilty of heresy.

Great compassion is the root of altruistic action, the object of amazement to the world;there is no greater source of help and happiness.

There’s often a reason why people and dogs bite. It’s about self-protection. If we respect what we may not know about the suffering of others and look at them compassionately, we open the door that...

The willingness to undertake such action cannot be based on certainties, but on those possibilities glimpsed in a reading of history different from the customary painful recounting of human cruelties. In such a reading we...

While pity shows a lack of respect for other human beings, compassion has its roots in a deep respect for others. Pity is an emotion; compassion is a connection. Compassion sees the other as equal....