Quotes about Compassion
Instead of hating the people you think are war-makers, hate the appetites and disorder in your own soul, which are the causes of war. If you love peace, then hate injustice, hate tyranny, hate greed - but hate these things in yourself, not in another.
— Thomas Merton
The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves and not to twist them to fit our own image.
— Thomas Merton
Every religion is good that teaches man to be good and I know of none that instructs him to be bad.
— Thomas Paine
I believe in one God and no more, and I hope for happiness beyond this life. I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow creatures happy.
— Thomas Paine
The world is my country, mankind are my friends, to do good is my religion.
— Thomas Paine
Let it then be heard, and let man learn to feel that the true greatness of a nation is founded on principles of humanity, and not on conquest.
— Thomas Paine
I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy.
— Thomas Paine
I believe in the equality of man, and I believe that religious duties consist of doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy.
— Thomas Paine
For myself, I fully and conscientiously believe, that it is the will of the Almighty, that there should be diversity of religious opinions among us: It affords a larger field for our Christian kindness.
— Thomas Paine
The gospel sweetens the law.
— Thomas Watson
If God should show mercy only to such as deserve it, he must show mercy to none.
— Thomas Watson
Our sins should humble us, but they must not discourage us from coming to Christ.
— Thomas Watson