Quotes about Compassion
My dharma teaches me to give my life for the sake of others without even attempting to kill.
— Mahatma Gandhi
We are called upon to help the discouraged beggars in life's marketplace. But one day we must come to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
A second reason is that, conversely, it is morally necessary for the lowly to be lifted up and the underlings exalted.
— John Goldingay
I wasn't mean; I wasn't evil. I was nice. And let me tell you, a hesitant man is the last thing in the world a woman needs. She needs a lover and a warrior, not a Really Nice Guy.
— John Eldredge
You would not ask someone with a broken arm to swim the English Channel, so you cannot demand that the broken to live as if they were whole.
— John Eldredge
The world knows that America will never start a war. This generation of Americans has had enough of war and hate... we want to build a world of peace where the weak are secure and the strong are just.
— John F. Kennedy
The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.
— John F. Kennedy
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. [Inaugural Address, January 20 1961]
— John F. Kennedy
The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.
— John Henry Newman
The crown of theseIs made of love and friendship, and sits highUpon the forehead of humanity.
— John Keats
If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem. Love and peace are eternal.
— John Lennon
Love is the answer, and you know that for sure Love is a flower, you've got to let it grow.
— John Lennon