compassion Quotes

Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.

There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.

There are many people in South Africa who are rich and who can share those riches with those not so fortunate who have not been able to conquer poverty.

Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.

It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.

Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.

If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.