Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. Do to others as you would have them do to you. – The Bible Jesus Christ, Luke 6:30-31.
There’s a trend toward anti-heroes now, and I think it goes back to guys like Bogart and Cagney. They seemed to have no compassion, and they were always alone. – Jim Brown
Being a good neighbour is about compassion, which is as warm-blooded as justice is cool-headed. – Julian Baggini
In Blessed Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. – The Bible Jesus Christ, Matthew 5:7.
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. – John Berger
The American Way is an amalgam of our compassion, our strengths, our failings and our attempts to build a better world, a more perfect union. – J. Michael Straczynski
The great pleasure that comes from reading poets such as Mark Doty and Marianne Moore is the realisation that the essential virtues – compassion, wonder, humility, respect for the mysterious – are far from conventionally heroic. – John Burnside
Yoga is about compassion and generosity towards others. It means being mindful of the world around us. – Christy Turlington
When you’re playing a character, as an actor or actress, you can’t judge them for what they do. You really have to find what is in them that you have compassion for and fall in love with that character, regardless of what they do or how they behave. – Alyssa Sutherland
I am interviewing people with a spirit of genuine interest and compassion, and therefore, the general tone of the site is one of genuine interest and compassion. The moment that culture changes, ‘Humans of New York’ is no longer viable. – Brandon Stanton
Humankind seems to have an enormous capacity for savagery, for brutality, for lack of empathy, for lack of compassion. – Annie Lennox
Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind. – Albert Schweitzer
For no one is cast off by the Lord forever. Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love. – The Bible Lamentations 3:31-32
Two words guided the making of ‘Babel’ for me: ‘dignity’ and ‘compassion.’ These things are normally forgotten in the making of a lot of films. Normally there is not dignity because the poor and dispossessed in a place like Morocco are portrayed as mere victims, or the Japanese are portrayed as cartoon figures with no humanity. – Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
I think we learn the most from imperfect relationships – things like forgiveness and compassion. – Andrea Thompson
It’s easy when you’ve had difficulty or strife in your life to look at other people who seem like they’ve had it easier. But the thing we forget is that it is all relative, and each person’s experience is uniquely their own, so that the worst thing they may be going through is truly the worst thing for them… it’s just about having compassion. – Bianca Kajlich
Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty. – Albert Einstein
Americans in general have a lot of compassion, we just don’t always have the same view of how that compassion is implemented. – Adam Kinzinger
For most people, using the Internet broadens their sense of who ‘we’ is and actually ends up leaving us in a place of greater compassion and understanding. It leaves us more connected to a larger group of people and more at one with a lot more people in our community. – Alex Steffen
It would be nice to feel that we are a better world, a world of more compassion and a world of more humanity, and to believe in the basic goodness of man. – Barbara Walters
We can prevent many people from becoming terrorists by truly listening to people who feel they’ve been treated unjustly and responding to their concerns with a sense of justice and compassion. – Coretta Scott King
Sometimes I, as a public official, turn to Scripture or hymns – especially hymns, because sometimes we Catholics don’t have the Scriptures memorized like we should – to help me explain a public policy position or an idea or to be able to articulate it better when you’re talking about justice or mercy or compassion. – Bob Casey, Jr.
I’m a pretty tough guy, you know. I’m a pretty hard man. I’ve got a lot of compassion, but I don’t waste time with people. – Anthony Hopkins
Pope John Paul, a man of peace and compassion, was one of the most revered leaders of our time. – Bill Williams
The most powerful nation on earth should be able to pass a fair, effective immigration law that combines compassion with responsibility and does not injure hard working Americans who are taxed up to here. – Bill O’Reilly
