“We have to have a deep, patient compassion for the fears of men and irrational mania of those who hate or condemn us.”
Thomas Merton
“As human beings we all want to be happy and free from misery… we have learned that the key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as anger, attachment, fear and suspicion, while love and compassion and a sense of universal responsibility are the sources of peace and happiness.”
Dalai Lama
“Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.”
Confucius
“Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.”
U. Thant
“If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.”
St. Francis of Assisi
“And of some have compassion, making a difference: / And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.”
Bible
“Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
