Lyman Abbott Quotes

Compassion is contempt with a human face.

The truth doesn't have to do with cruelty, the truth has to do with mercy.

Let no one underestimate the need of pity. We live in a stony universe whose hard, brilliant forces rage fiercely.

Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy.

A little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just.

I do take pity on some of the people that have to work with me.

We need to show mercy. I mean, because as much mercy as you show people, that's the mercy you're going to be receiving.

There are some men whose enemies are to be pitied much, and their friends more.

So many of the high ranking about me have discarded mercy as a weakness.

Pity is treason

Regrettably, the media are seemingly incapable of mentioning the words 'compassion' and 'Trump' in the same sentence.

What is called generosity is really compassion. In the Shin'ei it is written "Seen from the eye of compassion, there is noone to be disliked. One who has sinned is to be pitied all the more." There is no limit to the breadth and depth of ones heart. There is room enough for all. That we still worship the sages of the three ancient kingdoms is because their compassion reaches us yet today.

Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience.

Why does God endow us with compassion?

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

I don't wish ill will on anybody.

The most merciful thing in the world... is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.

Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the safe and just side of a question is the generous and merciful side.

We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.

Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.

We all, I think, believe in compassion. If you look at all the world religions, all the main world religions, you'll find within them some teaching concerning compassion.

It is sometimes difficult to view compassion and loving kindness as the strengths they are.

Some people seem to see compassion as being mushy.

I think one of the best words in the English language is 'compassion.' I think it holds everything. It holds love, it holds care... and if everybody just did something. We all make a difference.