Quotes about Compassion

America is a willingness of the heart.

Combine common sense and the Golden Rule, and you will have very little bad luck.

If you think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself.

Charity is the perfection and ornament of religion.

He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.

Keep trying. Take care of the small circle around you. When you have succeeded with them, then move outwards, one small step at a time.

Agape is disinterested love. . . . Agape does not begin by discriminating between worthy and unworthy people, or any qualities people possess. It begins by loving others for their sakes. . . . Therefore, agape makes no distinction between friend and enemy; it is directed toward both.

Do not waste time bothering whether you "love" your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him. If you injure someone you dislike, you will find yourself disliking him more. If you do him a good turn, you will find yourself disliking him less.

The best rule of friendship is to keep your heart a little softer than your head.

Love your friend with his fault.

Trouble shared is trouble halved.

One unquestioned text we read, All doubt beyond, all fear above; Nor crackling pile nor cursing creed Can burn or blot it: God is Love.