Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes
True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.Martin Luther King, Jr.
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If we don't change from a world society that worships money and power to one that worships compassion and generosity, I think we'll be extinct by mid-century. I don't say that as an alarmist or as a pessimist.
Patch Adams -
One thing everyone seems to agree on is that Republicans face a perceived compassion deficit.
Gary Bauer -
Let us democratise knowledge. Let us universalise justice. Together, let us globalise compassion!
Kailash Satyarthi -
The genuine priest always feels something higher than compassion.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel -
When we watch stories, we learn empathy, we learn compassion, and hopefully we achieve some sort of understanding.
Gavin Hood -
The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.
Samuel Johnson
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AIDS is a horrible disease, and the people who catch it deserve compassion.
Sam Kinison -
For a lot of people, Superman is and has always been America's hero. He stands for what we believe is the best within us: limitless strength tempered by compassion, that can bear adversity and emerge stronger on the other side. He stands for what we all feel we would like to be able to stand for, when standing is hardest.
J. Michael Straczynski -
Writing about a person whose struggle you wish you could solve is an act of compassion and also, frankly, opportunism.
Karen Bender -
Compassion is not a popular virtue.
Karen Armstrong -
My parents' selfless affection and dedication nourished and prepared me to receive the love of my guru or spiritual father, Swami Prabhupada. My parents prepared the soil in which my guru sowed the seeds of his compassion.
Radhanath Swami -
You have to take strength from the people that love you and the people that love Barbara and the huge number of expressions of sympathy and compassion and support. That has been extremely moving.
Ted Olson
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Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the true test of spirituality. But there have always have been those who'd rather put easier goals, like doctrine conformity, in place.
Karen Armstrong -
Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.
Dalai Lama -
The American Way is an amalgam of our compassion, our strengths, our failings and our attempts to build a better world, a more perfect union.
J. Michael Straczynski -
Americans in general have a lot of compassion, we just don't always have the same view of how that compassion is implemented.
Adam Kinzinger -
It is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action.
Zachary Quinto -
One of women's greatest values is compassion.
Safak Pavey
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Pope John Paul, a man of peace and compassion, was one of the most revered leaders of our time.
Bill Williams -
The longer one lives, the more one realizes that nothing is a dish for every day.
Norman Douglas -
We are on red alert when it comes to how we are perceiving ourselves as a species. There's no desire to be an adult.
Frances McDormand -
True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.
Martin Luther King, Jr.