Quotes about Compassion
An eye for beauty instead of bleakness might have lightened some of his load.
— John Piper
Make the mule of your tongue serve the mercy of your heart.
— John Piper
If you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday. And the LORD will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
— John Piper
And I would just plead in passing—children, young people, and adults—see people with disabilities. And I don't mean see them like the priest and the Levite on the Jericho Road, passing by on the other side. This is our natural reflex—see and avoid. But we are not natural people. We are followers of Jesus. We have the Spirit of Jesus in our hearts. We have been seen and touched in all our brokenness by an attentive, merciful Savior.
— John Piper
Therefore, one of God's purposes in the coronavirus is that his people put to death self-pity and fear, and give themselves to good deeds in the presence of danger. Christians lean toward need, not comfort. Toward love, not safety. That's what our Savior is like. That is what he died for.
— John Piper
We humans have never had the resources in ourselves to love each other well across ethnic lines. There is too much selfishness in all of us.
— John Piper
I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord GOD" (Ezekiel 18:32).
— John Piper
If you want to fight sin by taking bread away from your own mouth, then put it in the mouth of the poor. Then we will see if you are really fasting for righteousness'sake.
— John Piper
self-interest is not the same as selfishness.
— John Piper
In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill will to any human being, and even compassionating those who hold in bondage their fellow men, not knowing what they do.
— John Quincy Adams
Fill each day with life and heart. There is no pleasure in the world comparable to the delight and satisfaction that a good person takes in doing good.
— John Tillotson
We are cruel enough without meaning to be.
— John Updike