George MacDonald Quotes

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

An act of love, a voluntary taking on oneself of some of the pain of the world, increases the courage and love and hope of all.

You will begin to succeed with your life when the pains and problems of others matter to you.

To love is to take delight in happiness of another, or, what amounts to the same thing, it is to account another's happiness as one's own.

The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the other.... The whole purpose of life is to live by love.

Love is wanting others to be happy.

Compassion is the wish for another being to be free from suffering; love is wanting them to have happiness.

It is not the things you have that make you happy. It is love and kindness and helping each other and just plain being good.

A sense of concern for others gives our lives meaning; it is the root of all human happiness

In business people negotiate to win. They negotiate to get what they want. Love is different. Love is when you are as concerned about someone else's situation as you are about your own.

Kindness is the power that moves us to support and heal someone who offers nothing in return.

They say, 'To serve is to love,' and I think to serve is to heal, too.

Compassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us.

I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives.

One person caring about another represents life's greatest value.

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

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.

The work of your heart, the work of taking time, to listen, to help, is also your gift to the whole of the world

The object of love is not getting something you want but doing something for the well-being of the one you love.

We are surrounded by those in need of our attention, our encouragement, our support, our comfort, our kindness... We are the Lord’s hands here upon the earth, with the mandate to serve and to lift His children. He is dependent upon each of us

Meet hostility and suspicion with kindness. Helping others out of love is always the best option.

I do not know of a better cure for sorrow than to pity somebody else.

Compassion is the ultimate expression of your highest self

It isn't enough to love people because they're good to you, or because in some way or other you're going to get something by it. We have to love because we love loving.

Nothing makes you happier than when you really reach out in mercy to someone who is badly hurt.