Compassion & Kindness

“Put on therefore, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance.”

“One should have compassion for such people without, however, being indulgent; for indulgence would indeed mean cultivating indolence in serious investigation.”

“Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.”

“All men tremble at punishment, all men love life; remember that thou art like unto them, and do not kill, nor cause slaughter.”

“All of you be like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous.”

“To give unselfishly, to help where help is needed, and to understand both the suffering and the weaknesses of your fellow-men, means to receive, because it is the simple and true way to the Highest!”

“Because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.”

“The sage is always skilful at saving men, and so he does not cast away any man.”

“Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.”

“You may enjoy everything here in Creation, you may taste of everything, but it must not bring harm to your fellow-man!”

“A man is not an elect (Ariya) because he injures living creatures; because he has pity on all living creatures, therefore is a man called Ariya.”

“He is not to seek his own welfare and advantage through the injury of any one else; and he becomes compassionate as regards the creatures of Aûharmazd.”

“Show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.”

“The Son of Man also came not to be served but to serve.”

“The human spirit cannot obtain bliss in any other way but through joyful activity for the Light!”

“Through love be servants to one another.”

“The disciples of Gotama are always well awake, and their mind day and night always delights in compassion.”

“Divine service on earth is also naturally nothing other than to work in the sense of the Laws of God here on earth, to swing actively in them terrestrially!”

“As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.”

“Whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.”

“Make everything you think and do into a service to God!”

“But don't forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.”

“The more that he expends for others, the more does he possess of his own; the more that he gives to others, the more does he have himself.”

“He who seeking his own happiness does not punish or kill beings who also long for happiness, will find happiness after death.”

“It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

“You should give to your neighbour with your being, your nature!”

“Give, and it will be given to you.”

“Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.”

“Human souls can serve their Creator only by the activity of their own spirit!”

“All men tremble at punishment, all men fear death; remember that you are like unto them, and do not kill, nor cause slaughter.”

“Happiness be to the man who conduces to the happiness of each.”

“We're all just walking each other home.”

“He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD; he will reward him.”

“Don't withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.”

“Only that man who stands aright in the Creation of his God, who recognises himself as a part of Creation and lives accordingly, only he is the true servant of God, no matter in what way he earns his necessary living on earth.”

“And if you pour out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will rise in darkness, and your obscurity will be as the noonday.”

“Him I call indeed a Brahmana who finds no fault with other beings, whether feeble or strong, and does not kill nor cause slaughter.”

“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.”

“Therefore the sage puts his own person last, and yet it is found in the foremost place.”

“Now try to recognise the people who truly strive for the ideal here on earth, and help them with their activity, because their building up will only bring benefit!”

“Therefore, whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.”

“But whoever has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, then closes his heart of compassion against him, how does God's love remain in him?”

“He who strives earnestly after truth and purity will also not be lacking in love.”

“Let him live in charity, let him be perfect in his duties; then in the fulness of delight he will make an end of suffering.”

“Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.”

“The new Gospel of Love does not intend to overthrow or annul the old Gospel of Justice, but to supplement and unite with it.”

“Don't forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it.”

“Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.”

“One must seek to assist a person to attain to the possibility of striving aright, if one really wishes to help.”

“The uncharitable do not go to the world of the gods; fools only do not praise liberality; a wise man rejoices in liberality, and through it becomes blessed in the other world.”

“Be modest with friends, clever, and well-wishing.”

“The LORD is good to all. His tender mercies are over all his works.”

“Like a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him.”

“It is the Way of Heaven to diminish superabundance, and to supplement deficiency.”

“A man who does not pile up riches needlessly just for self-gratification, but who uses them aright by revaluing them and applying them for the benefit of many, is much greater and worthier than one who gives all his wealth away.”

“Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Defend the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”

“As the bee collects nectar and departs without injuring the flower, or its colour or scent, so let a sage dwell in his village.”

“Each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.”

“A gross material attack is far easier to redress than an attack on the soul, which suffers through the undermining of its reputation.”

“We exhort you, brothers: Admonish the disorderly; encourage the faint-hearted; support the weak; be patient toward all.”