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Quotes about compassion
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In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity. (Bond Julian)
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. (Bond Julian)
Out of compassion I destroy the darkness of their ignorance. From within them I light the lamp of wisdom and dispel all darkness from their lives. (Bond Julian)
I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance. (Bond Julian)
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The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter. (Bond Julian)
Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will. (Bond Julian)
The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion. (Bond Julian)
You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion. (Bond Julian)
Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless. (Bond Julian)
The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty. (Bond Julian)
Compassion is no substitute for justice. (Bond Julian)
When an individual fear or apathy passes by the unfortunate, life is of no account. (Bond Julian)
Christianity demands a level of caring that transcends human inclinations. (Bond Julian)
Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness. (Bond Julian)
The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another (Bond Julian)
Saving lives is not a top priority in the halls of power. Being compassionate and concerned about human life can cause a man to lose his job. It can cause a woman not to get the job to begin with. (Bond Julian)
Minerva save us from the cloying syrup of coercive compassion! (Bond Julian)
No deep and strong feeling, such as we may come across here and there in the world, is unmixed with compassion. The more we love, the more the object of our love seems to us to be a victim. (Bond Julian)
Get it into your head once and for all, my simple and very fainthearted fellow, that what fools call humanness is nothing but a weakness born of fear and egoism; that this chimerical virtue, enslaving only weak men, is unknown to those whose character is formed by stoicism, courage, and philosophy. (Bond Julian)
Biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world. (Bond Julian)
Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace. (Bond Julian)
Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill. (Bond Julian)
The value of compassion cannot be over-emphasized. Anyone can criticize. It takes a true believer to be compassionate. No greater ;burden can be borne by an individual than to know no one cares or understands. (Bond Julian)
As we mature spiritually, we exhibit a growing capacity to care for and appreciate one another in the body of Christ, regardless of our differences. (Bond Julian)
Being part of an agenda beyond ourselves liberates us to complement each other rather than compete with each other. (Bond Julian)
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