Quotes about Compassion
When Christ said: "I was hungry and you fed me," he didn't mean only the hunger for bread and for food; he also meant the hunger to be loved. Jesus himself experienced this loneliness.
- Mother Teresa
Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon.
- Nelson Mandela
We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it's absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.
- Bishop TD Jakes
Forgiveness is above all a personal choice, a decision of the heart to go against the natural instinct to pay back evil with evil.
- Pope John Paul II
We all agree that forgiveness is a beautiful idea until we have to practice it.
- CS Lewis
Disagreements don't cause disunity, a lack of forgiveness does.
- Loren Cunningham
Forgiveness does not require us to close our eyes but rather to truly open them.
- Richard Paul Evans
We have to have a deep, patient compassion for the fears of others and irrational mania of those who hate or condemn us.
- Thomas Merton
To err is human; to forgive people and yourself for poor behavior is to be sensible and realistic.
- Albert Ellis
How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.
- Publilius Syrus
Forgiveness flounders because I exclude the enemy from the community of humans and myself from the community of sinners.
- Miroslav Volf