Quotes about Compassion
God is present in the hungry, the homeless, the sick, and the imprisoned, as Jesus claimed in Matthew 25, and we serve God when we serve them.
— Philip Yancey
it seems so unfair, to forgive injustice. I am caught between forgiveness and justice.
— Philip Yancey
Forgiveness may be unfair—it is, by definition—but at least it provides a way to halt the juggernaut of retribution.
— Philip Yancey
Our need to give is every bit as desperate as the poor's need to receive.
— Philip Yancey
King clung to nonviolence because he profoundly believed that only a movement based on love could keep the oppressed from becoming a mirror image of their oppressors. He wanted to change the hearts of the white people, yes, but in a way that did not in the process harden the hearts of the blacks he was leading toward freedom. Nonviolence, he believed, 'will save the Negro from seeking to substitute one tyranny for another.
— Philip Yancey
Forgiveness is an act of faith.
— Philip Yancey
By forgiving, I release my own right to get even and leave all issues of fairness for God to work out.
— Philip Yancey
the same answer from suffering people: it matters little what we say — our concern and availability matter far more.
— Philip Yancey
if I care to listen, I hear a loud whisper from the gospel that I did not get what I deserved.
— Philip Yancey
Lewis Smedes points out, "The first and often the only person to be healed by forgiveness is the person who does the forgiveness. . . . When we genuinely forgive, we set a prisoner free and then discover that the prisoner we set free was us.
— Philip Yancey
the same answer from suffering people: it matters little what we say — our concern and availability matter far more. If we can offer a listening ear, that may be the most appreciated gift of all.
— Philip Yancey
He had not come primarily to heal the world's cells, but to heal its souls.
— Philip Yancey