Quotes about Compassion
The man of noble mind seeks to achieve the good in others and not their evil. The little-minded man is the reverse of this.
— Confucius
It's Godlike to love man - even in his sin - merely because he's man.
— Dorothy Day
The poorest being that crawls on earth, contending to save itself from injustice and oppression, is an object respectable in the eyes of God and man.
— Edmund Burke
In sinning, each man sins against all, and each man is at least partly guilt for another's sin. There is no isolated sin.
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
"I love mankind," he said, "but I find to my amazement that the more I love mankind as a whole, the less I love man in particular."
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
A man deep-wounded may feel too much pain To feel much anger.
— George Eliot
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— St. Therese of Lisieux
Is quick relief worth it? No, it isn't. I'd rather take the pain myself so they won't have to.
— Terri Blackstock
Today we expect but one thing from our doctors: to make us better. The medieval doctor was trying to do a lot more than that. He was taking care of the soul as well as the body. Unlike modern doctors he did not try to stop a patient dying at all costs . . . rather, if death seemed inevitable, he was duty-bound to try and help him or her die in the best possible way for their immortal soul.
— Terry Jones
See how these Christians love one another.
— Tertullian
He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies
— Tertullian
Men remain in ignorance as long as they hate, and they hate unjustly as long as they remain in ignorance.
— Tertullian