Be of one mind, sympathetic, loving toward one another, compassionate, humble. The Bible, Peter 3
We think we do so much for the poor, but it is they who make us rich. Mother Teresa, The Joy in Loving, p. 47
Let us not use bombs and guns to overcome the world. Let us use love and compassion. Mother Teresa, In the Heart of the World, p. 13
Possess a pure, kindly and radiant heart, that thine may be a sovereignty ancient, imperishable and everlasting. Baha'u'llah, Hidden Words
…let your heart burn with loving kindness for all who may cross your path. `Abdu'l-Baha: Paris Talks, p. 16
Who is incapable of hatred towards any being, who is kind and compassionate, free from selfishness. . . such a devotee of Mine is My beloved. Bhagavad-Gita, 12: 13-14
. . . Be good to your parents and relatives, the orphans and the needy and the neighbors who are strangers, and the friend by your side. Qur'an 4:36
The seed of compassion will grow if you plant it in fertile soil, a consciousness moistened with love. Dalai Lama, An Open Heart, p. 115
To 'listen' another's soul into a condition of disclosure and discovery may be almost the greatest service that any human being ever performs for another. Douglas Steen
Love wholeheartedly! Let everything stop your mind and let everything open your heart. Pema Chodron, Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living
The key to compassionate action is this: everybody needs someone to be there for them, simply to be there. Pema Chodron
--life's painful aspects soften us up considerably. Knowing pain is an important ingredient of being there for another person. Pema Chodron
Cure without care is as dehumanizing as a gift given with a cold heart....Why is it that we keep giving dimes without daring to look into the face of the beggar? Henri Nouwen, Out of Solitude, p. 32 & 41
Be ye loving fathers to the orphan, and a refuge to the helpless, and a treasury for the poor, and a cure for the ailing. Be ye the helpers of every victim of oppression, the patrons of the disadvantaged. Think ye at all times of rendering some service to every member of the human race. Pay ye no heed to aversion and rejection, to disdain, hostility, injustice: act ye in the opposite way. Be ye sincerely kind, not in appearance only. Let each one of God's loved ones centre his attention on this: to be the Lord's mercy to man; to be the Lord's grace. Let him do some good to every person whose path he crosseth, and be of some benefit to him. `Abdu'l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Baha, p. 2
O ye rich ones on earth! The poor in your midst are My trust; guard ye My trust, and be not intent only on your own ease. Baha'u'llah, Hidden Words