Quotes about Embracing Compassion
We should ever conduct ourselves towards our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend.
— John Henry Newman
My soul is too glad and too great to be at heart the enemy of any man
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
We need all races of men, and decent women, to stand up for what's right, drop anger, and live upright.
— Jesse Lee Peterson
It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Forgiveness does not require us to close our eyes but rather to truly open them.
— Richard Paul Evans
Learning to love unselfishly is not an easy task. It runs counter to our self-centered nature.
— Rick Warren
We are not held back by the love we didn't receive in the past, but by the love we're not extending in the present.
— Marianne Williamson
An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
— Mahatma Gandhi
I believe our world desperately needs Good News.
— Rob Bell
Hatred darkens life; love illumines it.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
I have decided to stick to love...Hate is too great a burden to bear.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
He is love, and when love comes in, hatred and selfishness and unkindness will give way to it, just as the darkness gives way when you let in the sunshine. But try to chase it alone would be trying to chase the shadows out of a dark room. It would be a waste of time.
— Patricia St. John