Compassion is…
Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day.
–Karen Armstrong (1944-
Compassion is aptly summed up…
Compassion is aptly summed up in the Golden Rule, which asks us to look into our own hearts, discover what gives us pain, and then refuse, under any circumstance whatsoever, to inflict that pain on anybody else. Compassion can be defined, therefore, as an attitude of principled, consistent altruism.
–Karen Armstrong (1944-
There are many…
There are many who are hypocrites although they think they are not, and there are many who are afraid of being hypocrites although they certainly are not. Which is the one and which is the other God knows, and none but He.
–Walter Hilton (1340-1396)
No one heals…
No one heals himself by wounding another.
–Saint Ambrose of Milan (339-397)
Let us love…
Let us love one another, and we shall be loved by God. Let us be long-suffering toward one another, and he will be long-suffering toward our sins. Let us not render evil for evil, and he will not render to us according to our sins. We shall find remission of our transgressions in forgiving our brethren; for God”s mercy toward us is concealed in our mercifulness toward our neighbor. This is also why the Lord said: “Forgive, and ye shall be forgiven. And if ye forgive men their trespasses, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you.” After this, our salvation is already in our power.
–Saint Maximos the Confessor (580-662)
Words alone are not enough…
It is obvious that words alone are not going to help someone who is naked and hungry. Someone whose faith does not go beyond words is useless. Such faith is dead without works of Christian love that alone can bring it back to life.
–Venerable Bede (c. 673-735)
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