Quotes about Compassion
God] seeks us in dark places and suffers with us in our tragic prodigality.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ultimately a great nation is a compassionate nation. No individual or nation can be great if it does not have a concern for the least of these.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it understands that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring. A true revolution of values will soon look uneasily on the glaring contrast of poverty and wealth.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jesus eloquently affirmed from the cross a higher law. He knew that the old eye-for-an-eye philosophy would leave everyone blind. He did not seek to overcome evil with evil. He overcame evil with good. Although crucified by hate, he responded with aggressive love.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nonviolence, the answer to the Negroes' need, may become the answer to the most desperate need of all humanity.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the wellbeing of a person or animal is at stake.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
We must recognize that Jesus was nailed to the cross not simply by sin but also by blindness. The men who cried, "Crucify him," were not bad men but rather blind men. The jeering mob that lined the roadside which led to Calvary was composed not of evil people but of blind people. They knew not what they did. What a tragedy!
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
We must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Yes we have learned to fly the air like birds, we've learned to swim the seas like fish, and yet we have not learned the simple art of walking the earth as brothers and sisters.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Life's most urgent question is: What are you doing for others?
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Through our scientific genius, we have made of this world a neighborhood; now through our moral and spiritual development, we must make of it a brotherhood. In a real sense, we must all learn to live together as brothers or we will all perish together as fools. We must come to see that no individual can live alone. We must all live together; we must all be concerned about each other.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.