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“It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.”
“I could really use someone else's smile today.”
“And I realized a wondrous truth: that knowledge could be our treasure, that there were things humankind knew that we did not, that our conquest need not comprise taking and killing, but could consi...”
“I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.”
“In our hearts... there must abide some pity for those people who have always felt themselves to be separate from even their most familiar surroundings, those people who either are foreigners or who...”
“In after-years he would tell of an incident that took place at one of their encampments: "We were with the Prophet when a Companion brought in a fledgling that he had caught, and one of the parent ...”
“Don't always use PAIN that you receive as an excuse to GIVE PAIN...”
“Theres often a reason why people and dogs bite. Its about self-protection. If we respect what we may not know about the suffering of others and look at them compassionately, we open the door that c...”
“We must empower our weak to be strong, and teach our strong to be compassionate. This will open a door to oneness.”
“The true test of faith is how we treat those who can do nothing for us in return.”
“There is no problem that greater consciousness and compassion, enjoined with positive resolve of will cannot solve.”
“He told me that while he was in a Chinese Communist gulag for almost eighteen years, he faced danger on a few occasions. I thought he was referencing a threat to his own life. But when I asked, "Wh...”
“True compassion sees each person as a brother or sister and acts accordingly.”
“Without love and compassion, nothing is sacred.”
“Avoid the man without compassion, because he aint a man surely!”
“Interestingly, one mate of mine, a proper leftie, in his heyday all Red Wedge and right-on punch-ups, was melancholy. "I thought I'd be overjoyed, but really it's just another one bites the dust "...”
“Jesus tells us: Love your neighbor as yourself (Mk 12:31). How can we love our neighbor if we cant or wont love ourselves, at least a little? When we hold ourselves to unrealistic standards, that p...”
“Once we are able to combine a feeling of empathy for others with a profound understanding of the suffering they experience, we become able to generate genuine compassion for them. We must work at t...”
“One-time rival and subsequent usurper Secretary of State Seward finally settled into an assessment of Lincoln that, "His confidence and compassion increase every day.”
“Spread your happiness to others and let them spread theirs to you.”
