Quotes about Compassion

To abstain from condemning a torturer, is to become an accessory to the torture and murder of his victims.

Those who grant sympathy to guilt, grant none to innocence.

I think it's a worthy undertaking--to provide a decent apartment for a man who earns fifteen dollars a week. But not at the expense of other men. Not if it raises the taxes, raises all the other rents and makes the man who earns forty live in a rat hole.

Christ has no body now on earth but yours, no hands but yours, no feet but yours, Yours are the eyes through which to look out Christ's compassion to the world Yours are the feet with which he is to go about doing good; Yours are the hands with which he is to bless men now.

Be gentle to all, and stern with yourself.

Patience gives your spouse permission to be human. It understands that everyone fails. When a mistake is made, it chooses to give them more time that they deserve to correct it. It gives you the ability to hold on during the rough times in your relationship rather than bailing out under the pressure.

Love chooses to believe the best about people. It gives them the benefit of the doubt. It refuses to fill in the unknowns with negative assumptions. And when our worst hopes are proven to be true, love makes every effort to deal with them and move forward. As much as possible, love focuses on the positive.

You only get one shot in this life. So let me do all the good I can for my fellow man. For I will not pass this way again.

Use social media for good and lift others up, not tear them down. Stay on the high road. Keep your peace.

Life is suffering--and yet.

It's not about you.

If you want to know how fortunate you are, visit three places: the slum, the hospital, and the cemetery.