Quotes about Compassion
No man is an island, Entire of itself. Each is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less. As well as if a promontory were. As well as if a manor of thine own Or of thine friend's were. Each man's death diminishes me, For I am involved in mankind. Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee.
— John Donne
Give me tender and supple and conformable affections, that as I joy with them that joy, and mourn with them that mourn, so I may fear with them that fear.
— John Donne
For pain must enter into its glorified life of memory before it can turn into compassion.
— George Eliot
Take time to make a difference. Don't just obsess about how you can make your life better. Think about how you can make somebody else's life better as well.
— Joel Osteen
When nonviolence is accepted as the law of life, it must pervade the whole being and not be applied to isolated acts.
— Mahatma Gandhi
The true neighbor will risk his position, his prestige, and even his life for the welfare of others.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
It is not 'progressive' to try to resolve problems by eliminating a human life.
— Pope Francis
They pass peaceful lives who ignore mine and thine.
— Publilius Syrus
It is easy to turn our religious life into a cathedral for beautiful memories, but there are feet to be washed . . .
— Oswald Chambers
Life lived to help others is the only life that matters.
— Ben Stein
Generosity isn't an act. It's a way of life.
— Chip Ingram
It is not my experience that life's difficulties make people more charitable.
— Cormac McCarthy