“We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen apart, and to bring home those who have lost their way.”
More from St. Francis of Assisi on Compassion
Others on Compassion
Plato
3 quotes“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.”
Albert Schweitzer
3 quotes“The interior joy we feel when we have done a good deed is the nourishment the soul requires.”
William Wordsworth
3 quotes“That best portion of a good man's life His little nameless unremembered acts Of kindness and of love.”
Simone de Beauvoir
3 quotes“One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others by means of love friendship indignation an...”
Dalai Lama
3 quotes“Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek.”
Barack Obama
3 quotes“Our values call upon us to care about people we'll never meet.”
Anne Frank
2 quotes“Despite everything, I believe people are really good at heart.”
Horace Mann
2 quotes“To pity distress is but human to relieve it is Godlike.”
Cher
2 quotes“There is no small act of kindness.Every compassionate act makes large the world.”
Mother Teresa
2 quotes“Give, but give until it hurts.”
Indira Gandhi
2 quotes“You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.”
Charlie Chaplin
2 quotes“My pain may be the reason for somebody's laugh.But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody's pain.”