The church must always show compassion, always. - Rick Warren The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others. - Albert Schweitzer Everyone must work to live, but the purpose of life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others. Only then have we ourselves become true human beings. - Albert Schweitzer The life of Jesus suggests that to be like Abba is to show compassion. Donald Gray expresses this: Jesus reveals in an exceptionally human life what it is to live a divine life, a compassionate life. - Brennan Manning The ragamuffin gospel reveals that Jesus forgives sins, including the sins of the flesh; that He is comfortable with sinners who remember how to show compassion; but that He cannot and will not have a relationship with pretenders in the Spirit. - Brennan Manning It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked. - Haile Selassie I hate Erma," I told Mom... "You have to show comp...

Mr. Bennet, how can you abuse your own children in such a way? You take delight in vexing me. You have no compassion for my poor nerves." "You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these last twenty years at least. - Jane Austen They have none of them much to recommend them", replied he: "they are all silly and ignorant like other girls; but Lizzy has something more of quickness than her sisters." "Mr. Bennet, how can you abuse your own children in such a way? You take delight in vexing me. You have no compassion on my poor nerves." "You mistake me my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these twenty years at least. - Jane Austen The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty. - Samuel Johnson Without suffering, there'd be no...

What unites Oklahomans today is what has always united us: Our unshakable faith. Our love of family and compassion for others. The unlimited promise of a hopeful future. - Brad Henry Even the strongest and bravest must sometimes weep. It shows they have a great heart, one that can feel compassion for others. Cornflower - Brian Jacques Because God is never cruel, there is a reason for all things. We must know the pain of loss; because if we never knew it, we would have no compassion for others, and we would become monsters of self-regard, creatures of unalloyed self-interest. The terrible pain of loss teaches humility to our prideful kind, has the power to soften uncaring hearts, to make a better person of a good one. - Dean Koontz We have to make mistakes, its how we learn compassion for others - Curtis Sittenfeld The dial on the wheel of sorrow eventually points to each of us. At one time or another, everyone must experience sorrow. No one is exempt.Learning to endure times of d...