Philip Francis Quotes

When he is pierced, I bleed.

Our stories are different; our pain is the same.

I always try to remain aware that what affects others affects me, too.

The sons of Adam are limbs of each other, Having been created of one essence. When the calamity of time affects one limb, the other limbs cannot remain at rest. If you have no sympathy for the troubles of others, You are unworthy to be called by the name of a human.

Where there is unconditional love, the wound of one is the wound of all.

We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same.

Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.

We were united not only by political respect for each other, but also by deep mutual sympathy as people.

I call it people-to-people politics and that's what politics should be about, reaching out and helping one another and touching one another about what we're going to do.

I believe we are all connected to other people. I am connected to people who are suffering. We all are.

Whoever degrades another degrades me, And whatever is done or said returns at last to me.

We recognize and accept our own deep involvement in the destiny of men everywhere.

The children of Adam, created of the self-same clay, are members of one body. When one member suffers, all members suffer, likewise. O Thou, who art indifferent to the suffering of the fellow, thou art unworthy to be called a man. بنى آدم اعضای يك پیکرند که در آفرينش ز یک گوهرند چو عضوى به درد آورد روزگار دگر عضوها را نماند قرار تو کز محنت دیگران بی غمی نشاید که نامت نهند آدمی

Human beings are members of a whole, In creation of one essence and soul. If one member is afflicted with pain, Other members uneasy will remain. If you have no sympathy for human pain, The name of human you cannot retain.

We live in a world that has narrowed into a neighborhood before it has broadened into a brotherhood.

Despair is despair, sorrow is sorrow, death is death. It's not about who is experiencing it; it's about building a bridge of empathy across these experiences.

Whatever the reason is, I am happiest when connecting with the human experience. It lets me know that I'm not alone in this world.

What is of most moment of compassion is not feelings of pity but feelings of togetherness.

Man is one; and he hath one great heart. It is thus we feel, with a gigantic throb athwart the sea, each other's rights and wrongs; thus are we men.

Compassion is the awareness of a deep bond between yourself and all creatures.

The whole world is like the human body with its various members. Pain in one member is felt in the whole body.

The same heart beats in every human breast.

All of us are much more human than otherwise.

You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.

Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too.