Quotes about Compassion

Vulnerability is an endearing quality; we are naturally drawn to humble people.

Fellowship is a place of grace, where mistakes aren't rubbed in but rubbed out.

The cliché is true: People don't care what we know until they know we care.

love is the only thing that can change the unchangeable.

Love means giving up - yielding my preferences, comfort, goals, security, money, energy, or time for the benefit of someone else.

If we want hell, if we want heaven, they are ours. That's how love works. It can't be forced, manipulated, or coerced. It always leaves room for the other to decide. God says yes, we can have what we want, because love wins.

Often the people most concerned about others going to hell when they die seem less concerned with the hells on earth right now, while the people most concerned with the hells on earth right now seem the least concerned about hell after death.

I'm on your side

Because when you can't hear the cry, when you stop caring for the widow, the orphan, and the refugee among you, it always leads to the diminishing of your empire.

What's disturbing, then, is when people talk more about hell after this life than they do about hell here and now. As a Christian I want to do what I can to resist hell coming to earth: poverty, injustice, suffering--they're all hells on earth and as Christians we oppose them with all of our energies.

I'm convinced being generous is a better way to live. I'm convinced forgiving people and not carrying around bitterness is a better way to live. I'm convinced having compassion is a better way to live. I'm convinced pursuing peace in every situation is a better way to live. I'm convinced listening to the wisdom of others is a better way to live. I'm convinced being honest with people is a better way to live.

This is how you remember God: you bless those who need it the most in the same way that God blessed you when you needed it the most.