Dante Alighieri Quotes

Kind souls, you wonder why, love you, When you, you wonder why, love none We love, Fool, for the good we do, Not that which unto us is done!

My message is the practice of compassion, love and kindness.

Mercy requires that we learn to love others, to value their welfare more than our own!

By developing a sense of respect for others and a concern for their welfare, we reduce our own selfishness, which is the source of all problems, and enhance our sense of kindness, which is a natural source of goodness.

Compassion, along with love, is the face of altruism.

Developing our sympathetic compassion is not only possible but the only reason for us to be here on earth.

The brave love mercy, and delight to save.

Every merciful act to the needy, the suffering, is as though done to Jesus.

… true evangelical faith ... clothes the naked; feeds the hungry; consoles the afflicted; shelters the miserable; aids and consoles all the oppressed; returns good for evil; serves those that injure it; prays for those that persecute it.

'Les Miserables', the book, 'Les Miserables', the musical - it's about giving; it's about goodness. It's about compassion and love.

Take more pleasure in giving what is best to another than in having it for yourself, and then all the world will love you.

I think of compassion as the fundamental religious experience and, unless that is there, you have nothing.

Mankind was my business... charity, mercy, forbearance, benevolence, were all my business.

Love is not patronizing and charity isn't about pity, it is about love. Charity and love are the same -- with charity you give love, so don't just give money but reach out your hand instead.

I would like to explain the meaning of compassion, which is often misunderstood. Genuine compassion is based not on our own projections and expectations, but rather on the rights of the other: irrespective of whether another person is a close friend

How much better the world would be if we all gave gifts of understanding, and compassion, of service, and friendship, of kindness and gentleness.

All people are endowed with the faculty of compassion, and for this reason can develop the humanitarian spirit.

The man who foolishly does me wrong, I will return to him the protection of my most ungrudging love; and the more evil comes from him, the more good shall go from me.

The Master lives within everyone. When you give food to the one who is starving, when you give water to the one who is thirsty, when you cover the one who is cold, you give your love to the Master.

They should give until it hurts, maybe a very small thing, maybe just a packet of cigarettes, but instead of by smoking that one packet, maybe I share that packet with somebody who has not got even one cigarette, and that's the beginning of love, to give until it hurts.

Compassion is the currency that leads to true wealth.

Compassion is the wish to see others free from suffering.

Don't be a jerk. Try to love everyone. Give more than you take. And do it despite the fact that you only really like about seven out of 500 people.

I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion--and where it isn't, that's where my work lies.

What is the mark of love for your neighbor? Not to seek what is for your own benefit, but what is for the benefit of the one loved, both in body and in soul.