Quotes about Compassion

It is not always events that have touched us personally that affect us the most.

In those dark times, one rose to the very heights of humanity by simply remaining human.

Look, whatever you do in life, remember, think higher and feel deeper. It cannot be bad if you do that.

What all these victims need above all is to know that they are not alone; that we are not forgetting them, that when their voices are stifled we shall lend them ours, that while their freedom depends on ours, the quality of our freedom depends on theirs. This is what I say to the young Jewish boy wondering what I have done with his years. It is in his name that I speak to you and that I express to you my deepest gratitude as one who has emerged from the Kingdom of Night.

No commandment surpasses the one concerning the liberation of hostages, for they are among the starving, the thirsting, the stripped, always in danger of death.

Oh God, Master of the Universe, in your infinite compassion, have mercy on us …

Someone who hates one group will end up hating everyone - and, ultimately, hating himself or herself.

One German officer lived in the house opposite ours. He had a room with the Kahn family. They said he was a charming man - calm, likable, polite, and sympathetic. Three days after he moved in he brought Madame Kahn a box of chocolates. The optimists rejoiced.

In an inn somewhere, a wealthy guest mistakes [Rebbe Zusia] for a beggar and treats him accordingly. Later he learns his identity and comes to cry his remorse: Forgive me, Rebbe, you must - for I didn't know! Why do you ask Zusia to forgive you? Rebbe Zusia said, shaking his head and smiling. You haven't done anything bad to him; it is not Zusia you insulted but a poor beggar, so go and ask the beggars, everywhere, to forgive you!

If your suffering splashes others, those around you, those for whom you represent a reason to live, then you must kill it, choke it.

How do I find God?' you ask. I do not know how, but I do know where-in my fellow man.

Once we begin to regard the well-being of others as integral to our own, we overcome the paralysis of competing rights, which rationalizes innocent suffering.