Quotes about Compassion

One hidden act of kindness is worth more than all the burial mounds of rhetoric, all the mumbling and fumbling and tardiness of Christians so preoccupied with cultivating their prayer lives that they cannot hear the anguished cry of the child in the barrio.

The Beatitudes, far from being a new set of virtues that further divide the religious haves and have nots, are words of hope and healing to those who have been marginalized.

God loves us not because we are lovable, but because He is love.

Jesus was the only point. Imitation was the point.

Not satisfied with endlessly pulling drowning men from the torrents rushing past, Day went upstream to see who was throwing the poor bastards into the water in the first place—and

Asked to describe the Holy One, Jesus told the story of the father whose bond with his son, no matter the son's unworthiness, was unbreakable.

Live more humanly, bravely, and compassionately in such circumstances, mainly through a call to discipleship.

Compassion: she suffered with. Companion: she broke bread with. Conspiracy: she breathed with. Conscience: she knew with. And finally, consistent with this ethic of imitation.

One of the most important responsibilities in the Christian life is to care about others, smile at them, and be a friend to the friendless.

Unloving attitudes and words cause a "stench that the world can smell... Our sharp tongues, the lack of love between us... these are what properly trouble the world."

Seek to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you.

When we preach on hell, we might at least do it with tears in our eyes.