Quotes For Living a Life of Compassion
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“Whoever saves a single soul, it is as if he had saved the whole world.”
-- Talmud"Whoever is able to protest against the transgressions of his own family and does not do so is punished for the transgressions of his family. Whoever is able to protest against the transgressions of his community and does not do so is punished for the transgressions of his community. Whoever is able to protest against the transgressions of the entire world and does not do so is punished for the transgressions of the entire world."
-- Talmud
It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist.
-- Pierre Teilhard De ChardinThe most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one's self to others.
-- Pierre Teilhard De ChardinThe salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human meekness and human responsibility.
-- Pierre Teilhard De Chardin
We don't need bombs and guns to destroy, to bring peace - just get together, love one another, bring that peace, that joy, that strength of presence of each other in the home. And we will be able to overcome all the evil that is in the world.
-- Mother TeresaLet us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love and once we begin to love each other naturally we want to do something.
-- Mother Teresa
“Life is a place of service, and in that service one has to suffer a great deal that is hard to bear, but more often to experience a great deal of joy. But that joy can be real only if people look upon their lives as a service and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.”
-- Leo Tolstoy
"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit."
-- Harry Truman (1884-1972)
I think my mission is to become the greatest human I can. I know that sounds pompous, but what else do we have?
-- Kathleen Turner
"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor."
--Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
-- Mark TwainAlways do right - this will gratify some and astonish the rest.
-- Mark TwainGiving to others selflesly and anonymously, radiating light throughout the world and illuminating your own darkness, your virtue becomes a sanctuary for yourself and all beings.
-- Lao tzu (570-490 BC)"Give help rather than advice."
-- Luc de Vauvenargues
The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it, is service to a fellow human being.
-- Lech Walesa
Activism is the rent I pay for living on this planet.
-- Alice Walker
In proportion as one renders service he becomes great.
-- Booker T. Washington
"My satisfaction comes from my commitment to advancing a better world."
-- Faye Wattleton
Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.
-- Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900)"Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all."
-- George Washington
"None of us alone can save the nation or world. But each of us can make a positive difference if we commit ourselves to do so."
-- Cornell West
Re-examine all you have been told... Dismiss what insults your Soul
~ Walt WhitmanFor all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.
-- John Greenleaf Whittier"With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see."
-- Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Compassion is more important than intellect in calling forth the love that the work of peace needs, and intuition can often be a far more powerful searchlight than cold reason.
-- Betty WilliamsBite off more than you can chew, then chew it.
-- Ella Williams
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
-- Marianne Williamson
"As we give of our time, talents and resources to tend the needs of the sick, offer food to the hungry and teach the dependent to stand on their own, we enrich ourselves spiritually beyond our ability to comprehend."
-- Joseph B. Wirthlin (1924-)"Little kindnesses...will broaden your heart, and slowly you will habituate yourself to helping your fellow man in many ways."
--Zadik
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