Quotes about Compassion

If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?

Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.

Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.

Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.

If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he should ask God, who will give life to those who commit this kind of sin. There is a sin that leads to death; I am not saying he should ask regarding that sin.

Beloved, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers, and especially since they are strangers to you.

And indeed, have mercy on those who doubt;

save others by snatching them from the fire; and to still others show mercy tempered with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.

I tell my students, 'When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else. This is not just a grab-bag candy game.

The function of freedom is to free someone else.

Sadly, we do a much better job of making people feel guilty than we do of delivering them from the guilt we create. We need to confess this and change our ways.