No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Saviour, if it is just and if the intention is purely for His holy service.
Quotes About Kindness
I want you to have this feeling too - it is my moral responsibility to help you achieve this inner freedom.
The government should help and guide the weak and small racial groups within its national boundaries toward self-determination and self-government. It should offer resistance to foreign aggression, and simultaneously, it should revise foreign treaties in order to restore our equality and independence among the nations.
He is as full of valor as of kindness. Princely in both.
— Henry V
You touch some of the reasons for my going, not for my staying away.
— A Tale of Two Cities
The judge speaks in the name of justice,' he said. 'The priest speaks in the name of pity, which is only a higher form of justice.'
— Les Misérables
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.
— The Plague
I think... if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.
— Anna Karenina
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.
— The Art of Happiness
We do not need guns and bombs to bring peace, we need love and compassion.
— The Joy in Loving: A Guide to Daily Living
I try not to speak about all the charities and people I help, because I believe we can only be truly generous when we expect nothing in return.
— The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey
On the one hand maybe I’ve remained infantile, while on the other I matured quickly, because at a young age I was very aware of suffering and fear.
What need of prompt or hint when it is open to yourself to discern what needs to be done - and, if you can see your way, to follow it with kind but undeviating intent. If you cannot see the way, hold back and consult your best advisors. if some other factors obstruct this advice, proceed on your present resources, but with cautious deliberations, keeping always to what seems just. Justice is the best aim, as any failure is in fact a failure of justice.A man following reason in all things combines relaxation with initiative, spark with composure.
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
— The Art of Happiness
Am I ever angry or frustrated? I only feel angry sometimes when I see waste, when things that we waste are what people need, things that would save them from dying. Frustrated? No, never.
— The Joy in Loving: A Guide to Daily Living
The more time you spend thinking about yourself, the more suffering you will experience.
— The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
Joy is the net of love by which we can capture souls. God loves the person who gives with joy. Whoever gives with joy gives more. The best way to show our gratitude to God and to people is to accept with joy.
— The Love of Christ: Spiritual Counsels
Ultimately humanity is one, and this small planet is our only home. If we're to protect this home of ours, each of us needs to experience a vivid sense of universal altruism and compassion.
— The Compassionate Life
You must not hate those who do harmful things. The compassionate thing is to do what you can to stop them--for they are harming themselves as well as those who suffer from their actions.
— The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival.