Lord, as You have been to me, so I will be to others. As I pray, I'll measure Your compassion by the cross and Your power by the resurrection.

Need' now means wanting someone else's money. 'Greed' means wanting to keep your own. 'Compassion' is when a politician arranges the transfer.

When people have compassion, friendship, and unity, they speak and think in a constructive way to ensure national independence and prosperity.

What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly compassionate results.

A miracle is when we respond with compassion where a moment ago we may have believed there was something to be upset, blaming, or angry about.

Have compassion towards each other, including animals. Love and respect every living being on this planet - a key factor to a greater society.

If you are motivated by loving kindness and compassion, there are many ways to bring happiness to others right now, starting with kind speech.

People confuse compassion with government being compassionate with other people's money versus people being compassionate with their own money.

I think compassion is important but love fizzles out eventually. But if there is compassion in a relationship, things can always be worked out.

In Minneapolis, we believe in connection, not alienation. We believe in compassion, not indifference. We believe in love, but we are not timid.

'Hell in a Handbasket' is not dealing with the political nature of the country. It's dealing with the humanity and the compassion of the world.

It is compassion, then, that is the best protection; it is also, as the great masters of the past have always known, the source of all healing.

Now, as an adult, I appreciate those memories. Mom taught me the importance of compassion for your waitress, your crossing guard, your mailman.

A spoon cannot taste of the food it carries. Likewise, a foolish man cannot understand the wise man´s wisdom even if he associates with a sage.

Conquer evil people by gentle kindness, and make zealous people wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion.

Compassion is even more powerful than courage. Sure, with courage you can conquer a world - but only with compassion can you heal and build it.

Mother Teresa's numerical results were not her greatest contribution. Instead, she made the world-and especially India-conscious of compassion.

Long-protracted suffering is apt to exhaust not only the invalid, but the compassion of others; violent emotions cannot be prolonged endlessly.

All religions try to benefit people, with the same basic message of the need for love and compassion, for justice and honesty, for contentment.

As great scientists have said and as all children know, it is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception, and compassion, and hope.

There are many people out there (me being one of them) who can vouch that animals have feelings; they feel compassion and love, as well as pain!

We are all trying to make it the best way we know how, so when we look at each other as individuals and nations we should do so with compassion.

The highest religious and spiritual ideals of any faith would invite us to a compassion for all lives destroyed by the violence that plagues us.

Paradoxical as it may seem, men and women who are free to pursue individualism and material wealth turn out to be the most compassionate of all.

[Andrea] Leadsom has compassion ... a real steel and a real determination and that velvet glove of compassion that she really cares about people.

All pursuits are pointless and fruitless unless and until love and compassion are found and then are the foundation and destination of all you do

How much better the world would be if we all gave gifts of understanding, and compassion, of service, and friendship, of kindness and gentleness.

Women have a level of outward compassion that a lot of men don't necessarily have. Guys feel as deeply as women, but they don't share it as much.

I think we need more love in the world. We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that.

God's dream is that you and I and all of us will realize that we are family, that we are made for togetherness, for goodness, and for compassion.

Weakness is something we don't like to admit we have. We hold it against people, until we experience it, and then we feel more compassion for it.

Hardships make us strong. Problems give birth to wisdom. Sorrows cultivate compassion. Those who have suffered the most will become the happiest.

Make the Universal personal and you become richer, wiser and stronger. Make the personal Universal and you will find freedom, compassion and love

Interactions - whether personal or business, teacher-student, friend to friend, or family member - all call for balance, respect, and compassion.

If the message of Jesus was love, hope and compassion, and I can bring that to more people by being a more appealing Jesus, I am happy with that.

Happy Wednesday! Practice compassion. Lift others. Learn to encourage rather than criticize. You'll feel better when you help others feel better.

Empathy is not merely the basic principle of artistic creation. It is also the only path by which one can reach the truth about life and society.

As warriors, as humanitarians, they've taught me that without courage, compassion falters, and that without compassion, courage has no direction.

We are all trying to make it the best way we know how, so when we look at each other as individuals and nations, we should do so with compassion.

Remember that you don't have to like or admire someone to feel compassion for that person. All you have to do is wish for that person to be happy.

I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing.

Most unhappy people need to learn just one lesson: how to see themselves through the lens of genuine compassion, and treat themselves accordingly.

No child is born with a really cold heart, and it is only in proportion as we lose that youthful heart that we lose the inner warmth in ourselves.

The light around someone who speaks truth, who consistently acts with compassion for all, even in great difficulty, is visible to all around them.

Energy is gained by giving energy. When we give energy, we gain energy. This is different than having someone manipulate you and take your energy.

When one begins to really feel into the spiritual dimension of their beings, they bump into love. They bump into compassion. They bump into beauty.

Compassion is very important, especially right now in America. We all need to strive as human beings to understand each other and ourselves better.

Each aspect within us needs understanding and compassion. If we are unwilling to give it to ourselves how can we expect the world to give it to us?

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.

We don't set out to save the world; we set out to wonder how other people are doing and to reflect on how our actions affect other people's hearts.

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