Quote: In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity.
Author: Anne Baxter 1923-1985, American Actress
Quote: Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which operates on the basis of necessity. Compassion opposes this order and is therefore best thought of as being in some way supernatural.
Author: John Berger 1926-, British Actor, Critic
Quote: I know the compassion of others is a relief at first. I don't despise it. But it can't quench pain, it slips through your soul as through a sieve. And when our suffering has been dragged from one pity to another, as from one mouth to another, we can no longer respect or love it.
Author: Georges Bernanos 1888-1948, French Novelist, Political Writer
Quote: Out of compassion I destroy the darkness of their ignorance. From within them I light the lamp of wisdom and dispel all darkness from their lives.
Author: Bhagavad Gita c. BC 400-, Sanskrit Poem Incorporated Into the Mahabharata
Quote: The dew of compassion is a tear.
Author: Lord Byron 1788-1824, British Poet
Quote: I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.
Author: Pablo Casals 1876-1973, Spanish Cellist, Conductor, Composer
Quote: The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter.
Author: Norman Cousins 1915-1990, American Editor, Humanitarian, Author
Quote: Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
Author: William Cowper 1731-1800, British Poet
Quote: The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion.
Author: Everett M. Dirksen 1896-1969, American Representative, Senator
Quote: You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion.
Author: Meister Eckhart 1260-1326 AD, German Mystic
Quote: We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves.
Author: George Eliot 1819-1880, British Novelist
Quote: Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.
Author: Eric Hoffer 1902-1983, American Author, Philosopher
Quote: The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.
Author: Samuel Johnson 1709-1784, British Author
Quote: There is nothing heavier than compassion. Not even one's own pain weighs so heavy as the pain one feels with someone, for someone, a pain intensified by the imagination and prolonged by a hundred echoes.
Author: Milan Kundera 1929-, Czech Author, Critic
Quote: Compassion is no substitute for justice.
Author: Rush Limbaugh 1951-, American TV Personality
Quote: When an individual fear or apathy passes by the unfortunate, life is of no account.
Author: Haniel Long 1888-1956, American Author, Poet, Journalist
Quote: Christianity demands a level of caring that transcends human inclinations.
Author: Erwin W. Lutzer American Minister
Quote: Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness.
Author: Rollo May American Psychologist
Quote: The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another
Author: Thomas Merton 1915-1968, American Religious Writer, Poet
Quote: Saving lives is not a top priority in the halls of power. Being compassionate and concerned about human life can cause a man to lose his job. It can cause a woman not to get the job to begin with.
Author: Myriam Miedzian American Actor
Quote: Minerva save us from the cloying syrup of coercive compassion!
Author: Camille Paglia 1947-, American Author, Critic, Educator
Quote: No deep and strong feeling, such as we may come across here and there in the world, is unmixed with compassion. The more we love, the more the object of our love seems to us to be a victim.
Author: Boris Pasternak 1890-1960, Russian Poet, Novelist, Translator
Quote: Get it into your head once and for all, my simple and very fainthearted fellow, that what fools call humanness is nothing but a weakness born of fear and egoism; that this chimerical virtue, enslaving only weak men, is unknown to those whose character is formed by stoicism, courage, and philosophy.
Author: Marquis De Sade 1740-1814, French Author
Quote: Biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world.
Author: Francis Schaeffer 1912-1984, American Author
Quote: Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.
Author: Albert Schweitzer 1875-1965, German Born Medical Missionary, Theologian, Musician, and Philosopher
Quote: Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill.
Author: William Shakespeare 1564-1616, British Poet, Playwright, Actor
Quote: The value of compassion cannot be over-emphasized. Anyone can criticize. It takes a true believer to be compassionate. No greater ;burden can be borne by an individual than to know no one cares or understands.
Author: Arthur H. Stainback
Quote: As we mature spiritually, we exhibit a growing capacity to care for and appreciate one another in the body of Christ, regardless of our differences.
Author: Joseph Stowell
Quote: Being part of an agenda beyond ourselves liberates us to complement each other rather than compete with each other.
Author: Joseph Stowell
Quote: When we come into contact with the other person, our thoughts and actions should express our mind of compassion, even if that person says and does things that are not easy to accept. We practice in this way until we see clearly that our love is not contingent upon the other person being lovable.
Author: Thich Nhat Hanh Vietnamese Buddhist Monk, Teacher
Quote: In democratic ages men rarely sacrifice themselves for another, but they show a general compassion for all the human race. One never sees them inflict pointless suffering, and they are glad to relieve the sorrows of others when they can do so without much trouble to themselves. They are not disinterested, but they are gentle.
Author: Alexis De Tocqueville 1805-1859, French Social Philosopher
Quote: Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy.
Author: Chogyam Trungpa
Quote: He who feels no compassion will become insane.
Author: Source Unknown