Quotes about Compassion
Peace and war begin at home. If we truly want peace in the world, let us begin by loving one another in our own families. If we want to spread joy, we need for every family to have joy.
— Mother Teresa
We must not be surprised when we hear of murders, killings, of wars, or of hatred...If a mother can kill her own child, what is left but for us to kill each other?
— Mother Teresa
I never justify, sustain, or in any way or to any extent uphold this cruel, heartless, aimless unnecessary war.
— Franklin Pierce
Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.
— Khalil Gibran
Unless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless.
— Audre Lorde
The only way to eliminate war is to love our children more than we hate our enemies.
— Golda Meir
I look upon the whole world as my fatherland, and every war has to me the horror of a family feud.
— Helen Keller
The motto of war is: "Let the strong survive; let the weak die." The motto of peace is: "Let the strong help the weak to survive."
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
We all have to be concerned about terrorism, but you will never end terrorism by terrorizing others.
— Martin Luther King III
You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.
— Cicero
Regardless of whom you pray to, during war our experiences as a community and as mothers are the same.
— Leymah Gbowee
Make love and not war! 'Cause we don't need no trouble. What we need is love To guide and protect us on. If you hope good down from above, Help the weak if you are strong now.
— Bob Marley