Quotes about Compassion

What I really want to say: That what the world really needs is a real feeling of kinship. Everybody: stars, laborers, Negroes, Jews, Arabs. We are all brothers. Please don't make me a joke. End the interview with what I believe.

People before paper; stories before statistics.

The older I get, the more intensely I feel about the world around me.

Love is wanting what's best for the other person. Romance is wanting the other person.

When peace comes we will perhaps in time be able to forgive the Arabs for killing our sons, but it will be harder for us to forgive them for having forced us to kill their sons. Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us.

True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the well-being of one's companion.

The willingness to forgive is a sign of spiritual and emotional maturity. It is one of the great virtues to which we all should aspire. Imagine a world filled with individuals willing both to apologize and to accept an apology. Is there any problem that could not be solved among people who possessed the humility and largeness of spirit and soul to do either -- or both -- when needed?

You are good. But it is not enough just to be good. You must be good for something. You must contribute good to the world. The world must be a better place for your presence. And the good that is in you must be spread to others....

Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others

You are good. But it is not enough just to be good. You must be good for something. You must contribute good to the world. The world must be a better place for your presence. And the good that is in you must be spread to others… In this world so filled with problems, so constantly threatened by dark and evil challenges, you can and must rise above mediocrity, above indifference. You can become involved and speak with a strong voice for that which is right.

Love is the only force that can erase the differences between people or bridge the chasms of bitterness.

The greatness of the world in which we live is the accumulated goodness of many small and seemingly inconsequential acts.