My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive
To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.
All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.
It's amazing to me how many people think that voting to have the government give poor people money is compassion. Helping poor and suffering people yourself is compassion. Voting for our government to use guns to give money to help poor and suffering people is immoral, self-righteous, bullying laziness.
One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.
The assumption that animals are without rights, and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance, is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.
As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there can be no peace, no liberty, no harmony between people. Slaughter and justice cannot dwell together.
The first and highest law must be the love of man to man. Homo homini Deus est - this is the supreme practical maxim, this is the turning point of the world's History.
We always prefer war on our own terms to peace on someone else's.
The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.
No child is born with a really cold heart, and it is only in proportion as we lose that youthful heart that we lose the inner warmth in ourselves.
No matter how you seem to fatten on a crime, there can never be good for the bee which is bad for the hive.
To conquer oneself is a greater victory than to conquer thousands in a battle.
A spoon cannot taste of the food it carries. Likewise, a foolish man cannot understand the wise man´s wisdom even if he associates with a sage.
Worse than idle is compassion if it ends in tears and sighs.
As the pain that can be told is but half a pain, so the pity that questions has little healing in its touch.
The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion.
We are called to be strong companions and clear mirrors to one another, to seek those who reflect with compassion and a keen eye how we are doing, whether we seem centered or off course ... we need the nourishing company of others to create the circle needed for growth, freedom and healing.
I believe man will not merely endure, he will prevail...because he has a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.
A mind committed to compassion is like an overflowing reservoir - a constant source of energy, determination, and kindness.
True compassion is not just an emotional response but a firm commitment founded on reason.
Your friend, your enemy, your neutral all are equal. Genuine compassion is unbiased.
It is not sufficient to have compassion only for those who are cute.
Saving lives is not a top priority in the halls of power. Being compassionate and concerned about human life can cause a man to lose his job. It can cause a woman not to get the job to begin with.
There is nothing heavier than compassion. Not even one's own pain weighs so heavy as the pain one feels for someone, pain intensified by the imagination and prolonged by a hundred echos.
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