It's much easier to show compassion for animals. They are never wicked.

He who hath compassion upon others receives compassion from Heaven.

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

Bob Geldof feels the big picture all the time, even in the smallest argument when someone's saying, 'Well, no, you've got to have three staples in the program, not just two,' Bob feels people dying somewhere.

Human compassion is equal to human cruelty, and it is up to each of us to tip the balance.

If we are not our brother's keeper, let us at least not be his executioner.

Keep the other person's well-being in mind when you feel an attack of soul-purging truth coming on.

We live very close together. So, our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

One man starving puts a crimp in my evening.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.