Quotes about Compassion
The man who has not suffered - what does he know anyway?
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
Children will still die unjustly even in a perfect society. Even by his greatest effort, man can only propose to diminish, arithmetically, the sufferings of the world.
— Albert Camus
You must understand the troubles of that man farthest down before you can help him.
— Booker T. Washington
The apostles were moved, not so much by an intellectual apprehension, as by a spiritual illumination. They met men, and the need of those men whom they met cried aloud to them.
— Roland Allen
To my God a heart of flame; To my fellow man a heart of love; To myself a heart of steel.
— St. Augustine
The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
— St. Jerome
Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.
— Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
A ruthless man extends his ruthlessness from those he does not love to those he loves.
— Confucius
The holy man was the whole man, the man of integrity, who not only tried to change the world, but to live in it as it was.
— Dorothy Day
Some have more capacity. Some proceed a few steps along the way. But Christ seemed to love all men. He desired all to be saved.
— Dorothy Day
Only friendliness produces friendship. And we must look far deeper into the soul of man for the thing that produces friendliness.
— GK Chesterton
Which not peace for the man who is forced to go to war, for he will find his peace. But wish peace for the man who goes to war willingly, for he will never find his peace.
— Miguel