Quotes about Compassion

It was kind of cool. That God cared so much about both of them. That He took two hurts and spread His healing touch over both of them with one simple stroke.

You judge people in the context of their time, not in the context of ours.

What it taught me was forgiveness. It taught me that when people present themselves in a certain way, there's probably some back story or issue or reason for the way that they are. It's not you. It's them. And a lot of times, its about something that's completely out of their control

We have all received our share of good fortune, so that's my definition of much. A single blessing is all the bounty in the world, and if you've been blessed at all you're meant to pass some of that on. You're meant to set a positive example. That's our responsibility.

So you never know who you are going to touch. You never know how or when you'll have an impact, or how important your example can be to someone else" (20) - Denzel Washington, "So that We Might Follow

Vivisection is a social evil because if it advances human knowledge, it does so at the expense of human character.

Community is first of all a quality of the heart. It grows from the spiritual knowledge that we are alive not for ourselves but for one another.

We cannot live without the knowledge that someone cares about us.

If you cannot attain knowledge without torturing a dog, you must do without knowledge.

Leadership is about empathy. It is about having the ability to relate to and connect with people for the purpose of inspiring and empowering their lives.

In the worst of times the best among us never lose their moral compass, and that is how they emerge relatively unscathed.

You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution.