Compassion Quotes

If I'd never have picked up the first person, I'd never have picked up the 42,000 in Calcutta.

Jesus has very clearly said in the gospel. "Whatever you do, do to the least of my brethren." Clear? That was the work of Jesus.

The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members.

Nothing has saddened me so much in life as the hardness of heart of educated people.

To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being.

Compassion is a muscle that gets stronger with use.

Harijan service is a duty the caste Hindus owe to themselves.

See the good in people and help them.

I hold that the more helpless a creature the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of humankind.

The test is always how we treat the poor.

There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.

Nothing can make injustice just but mercy.

With malice toward none, with charity for all... let us strive on to finish the work we are in

I have my Death's-Head units ready ... to send to death mercilessly and without compassion men, women and children of Polish derivation.

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.

Great teachers emanate out of knowledge, passion and compassion.

Science is driven by compassion and empathy often to alleviate the pains of humanity.

Technology is unlocking the innate compassion we have for our fellow human beings.

Tis not enough to help the feeble up, but to support them after.

Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power.