We must help each other to be present and compassionate. Remember that we have no idea what the person next to us is going through; compassion is the only choice.
What we would like to do is change the world - make it a little simpler for people to feed, clothe, and shelter themselves as God intended for them to do.
I would tell you that for me the sanctity of life proceeds out of the belief that ancient principle that - where God says before you were formed in the womb, I knew you, and so for my first time in public life, I sought to stand with great compassion for the sanctity of life.
Do all things with love.
I'm going to be kind, because then it all just kind of spreads, and the world is a little nicer out there.
Developing love and compassion and reducing anger and spite is a universal activity which requires no faith in any religion whatsoever
To forgive is an act of compassion, Buffy. It's not done because people deserve it. It's done because they need it.
For years I thought my assignment or the Church's assignment was to articulate the Gospel and nothing more. Now I believe that if we don't support the verbal expression of the Gospel with physical demonstration of compassion, we are not imitating Jesus.
These are 8- and 12-year-old kids. It doesn't matter how they got here. It is time to show a little compassion
Knowing the bright, but clinging to the dark, you become a model to the world.
The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.
Charity alone, or love and compassion, is what joins [the Lord and a person] together.
Always give without remembering and always receive without forgetting.
Love is cheering and sharing and compassion, and giving and receiving. Love is an action thing more than a word thing, that brings comfort or joy, or relief to anyone or anything.
The realization that we are all basically the same human beings who seek happiness and try to avoid suffering is very helpful in developing a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood; a warm feeling of love and compassion for others.
I see my parents as tiny children who need love. I have compassion for my parents’ childhoods. I now know that I chose them because they were perfect for what I had to learn. I forgive them and set them free, and I set myself free.
Compassion is to look beyond your own pain, to see the pain of others.
Whether on'e special emphasis is global warming or child welfare, the cause is the same cause. And justice comes from the same place being human comes from: compassion.
We tend to think of heroes only in terms of violent combat, whether it's against enemies or a natural disaster. But human beings also perform radical acts of compassion; we just don't talk about them, or we don't talk about them as much.
Let`s choose each day and every day to keep an attitude of faith and joy and belief and compassion.