Notable Quotable 265

May 06, 2024

In times such as these, people should recognize that evil knows no borders, knows no limits and knows no compassion. Those around the globe that value freedom must continue to persevere even in the darkest of times.

- Michael C. Burgess

Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.

- U Thant

In my view, the best of humanity is in our exercise of empathy and compassion. It's when we challenge ourselves to walk in the shoes of someone whose pain or plight might seem so different than yours that it's almost incomprehensible.

- Sarah McBride

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

- Dalai Lama

In order to have understanding, you need forgiveness, compassion, and empathy.

- Rooney Mara

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I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.

- Desmond Tutu

But my experience is that people who have been through painful, difficult times are filled with compassion.

- Amy Grant

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.

- Rabindranath Tagore

The first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a cry of horror. Then a hundred were butchered. But when a thousand were butchered and there was no end to the butchery, a blanket of silence spread. When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out "stop!"

- Bertolt Brecht

The West's post-Holocaust pledge that genocide would never again be tolerated proved to be hollow, and for all the fine sentiments inspired by the memory of Auschwitz, the problem remains that denouncing evil is a far cry from doing good.

- Philip Gourevitch