Compassion

Read "Random Acts", a poem about compassion.

“Random Acts”

Read this reflective narrative about unfair suffering and compassion.

“When Suffering Isn’t Fair”

Nelson Mandela quote on compassion: "Our human compassion binds us the one to the other."

Nelson Mandela

St. Teresa of Avila quote on compassion: "Yours are the eyes through which Christ looks out his compassion on this world."

St. Teresa of Avila

Simone Weil quote on compassion: "Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity."

Simone Weil

St. Pope John Paul II quote about compassion: "The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being."

St. Pope John Paul II

Thomas Merton quote on compassion: "Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things."

Thomas Merton

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