Quotes about Compassion
Love is able to see past the clutter of a disorganized life.
— Edward Welch
Love is the opposite of anger. Anger is disdain, hatred, and contempt.
— Edward Welch
What is the way out of shame? It is the way of humility, not humiliation. It is the way of being known, not exposed.
— Edward Welch
In our attempts to help, we can overinterpret suffering.
— Edward Welch
How does God move toward you?
— Edward Welch
Do not end the conversation without an offer to pray. Ask what he needs prayer for and either pray right then or pray later and then follow up the next time you see him.
— Edward Welch
If you know you have been forgiven, you will forgive and reconcile with others.
— Edward Welch
Once we pray with or for someone, we are in the ongoing story of his life, and it is an honor to be there.
— Edward Welch
Who in your life is one step ahead of you in knowing people? What does that person do?
— Edward Welch
We don't aim to draw out problems so that we can be helpers. We are simply interested in knowing another person, which is a basic feature of everyday love.
— Edward Welch
In an African hospital, a pastor who had just witnessed another death was approached by a poor, elderly woman. "You know," she said, taking my [the pastor's] arm, "through many losses of family and friends and through much sorrow, the Lord has taught me one thing. Jesus Christ did not come to take away our pain and suffering, but to share in it."
— Edward Welch
Most gifts emerge in the context of serving people.
— Edward Welch