Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering. Colossians 3:12 (KJV)
A dew of compassion is a tear. > Lord Byron.
Tell me how much you know of the sufferings of your fellow men and I will tell you how much you have loved them. > Helmut Thielicke.
The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. > William Wordsworth.
Compassion is the basis of all mortality. > Arthur Schopenhauer.
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up. > John Andrew Holmer.
Cleverness will enable a man to make a sermon, but only compassion for lost men will make him a soul winner. > Leonard Ravenhill.
Do all the good you can
By all the means you can
In all the ways you can
In all the places you can
To all the people you can
As long as you ever can. > John Wesley.
The root of the matter is a very simple and old-fashioned thing, a thing so simple that I am almost ashamed to mention it for fear of the derisive smile with which wise cynics will greet my words. The thing I mean – please forgive me for mentioning it – is love. Christian love, or compassion. > Bertrand Russell.
If you quit loving the moment it becomes difficult, you can never discover compassion. > David Augsburger.
See also Isaiah 54:10; Zechariah 7:9-10; Mark 8:1-8.
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