Quotes about Compassion

My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much so, that he never could be persuaded to keep slaves, for he pitied them so much: and a slave belonging to one of his brothers being once in his house, was treated by him with as much tenderness as his own children.

You just try to be nice to everybody and treat them all the same. Treat them how you would want to be treated.

Racism springs from the lie that certain human beings are less than fully human. It's a self-centered falsehood that corrupts our minds into believing we are right to treat others as we would not want to be treated.

I see myself in all the people in the world who are suffering and who are very badly treated and who are often made to feel that they have no place on this Earth.

I'm raising three children. I'm teaching my kids what it means, the Golden Rule, to treat people like you want to be treated.

One of the tests of the civilization of people is the treatment of its criminals.

Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.

On Christmas morning, before we could open our Christmas presents, we would go to this stranger's home and bring them presents. I remember helping clean the house up and putting up a tree. My father believed that you have a responsibility to look after everyone else.

The point at which things happen is a decision. In stead of focusing on yourself, focus on how you can help someone else.

The best of you are those who are best to the women

Nothing that you confess... can make me love you any less.

I would love God even if he damned me, because he was so gracious to others.