A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.

I’m a pretty tough guy, you know. I’m a pretty hard man. I’ve got a lot of compassion, but I don’t waste time with people.

I am not going to Heaven because I have preached to great crowds or read the Bible many times. I’m going to Heaven just like the thief on the cross who said in that last moment: ‚Lord, remember me.‘

I believe many people feel like God is mad at them.

When the people become involved in their government, government becomes more accountable, and our society is stronger, more compassionate, and better prepared for the challenges of the future.

Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.

The United States fully accepts the profound truth that our own progress, prosperity, and peace are interlocked with the progress, prosperity, and peace of all humanity.

If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl.

My mother told me, ‚Son, nobody else but God knows.‘ And that’s what I’m about – reaching out to the people, crying with them, giving them hope. Visiting the hospital, visiting the kids with cancer, visiting the adults, and stuff like that. That’s what I do.

I have done for my country, and for all mankind, all that I could do, and I now resign my soul, without fear, to my God – my daughter to my country.

The most amazing philanthropists are people who are actually making a significant sacrifice.

Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.

Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

Let’s pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.

I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics.

It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.

Now I will say this to every sinner, though he should think himself to be the worst sinner who ever lived: cry to the Lord and seek Him while He may be found. A throne of grace is a place fitted for you. By simple faith, go to your Savior, for He is the throne of grace.

So many people live with anger and unforgiveness, and many of them are Christians.

I’m convinced that no one can amount to a damn in the arts if he becomes sweetly reasonable, seeing all sides of a picture, forgiving all sins.

Wealthy men can’t live in an island that is encircled by poverty. We all breathe the same air. We must give a chance to everyone, at least a basic chance.

Nothing can make injustice just but mercy.

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.

I am a Christian, and the Bible teaches me to forgive.

I’m always attracted to people who interest me. They’ve got to be people who are really true to themselves somehow, and who are always trying to do something that makes their life more interesting, or better, or something for somebody else. They’re interested in people.

There’s love, and certainly children you care about more than yourself. But nevertheless, we’re alone in our heads.

Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.

Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.

Great teachers emanate out of knowledge, passion and compassion.

All of us are guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress.

My mother’s love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion, her intelligence reflected in my daughters.

With compassion you can die for other people, like the mother who can die for her child. You have the courage to say it because you are not afraid of losing anything, because you know that understanding and love is the foundation of happiness. But if you have fear of losing your status, your position, you will not have the courage to do it.

Our love, our gratitude, our admiration for our men and women in uniform, our veterans and their families – all of that is bigger than any one party or any one election.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.

Many churches of all persuasions are hiring research agencies to poll neighborhoods, asking what kind of church they prefer. Then the local churches design themselves to fit the desires of the people. True faith in God that demands selflessness is being replaced by trendy religion that serves the selfish.

There is no injustice in the grace of God. God is as just when He forgives a believer as when He casts a sinner into hell.

You give before you get.

I do not believe in God; his existence has been disproved by Science. But in the concentration camp, I learned to believe in men.

Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.

Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever.

There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could all benefit from instruction by us human beings. We humans are – more humane.

Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I’ll forgive Thy great big joke on me.

Like every parent, when you start your family, your life completely changes. And you completely live for someone else. I find that the most extraordinary thing. Your life is handed over to someone else. From that moment on, they come first in every choice you make. It’s the most wonderful thing.

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.

Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.

Culture makes people understand each other better. And if they understand each other better in their soul, it is easier to overcome the economic and political barriers. But first they have to understand that their neighbour is, in the end, just like them, with the same problems, the same questions.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.

Christmas is a tonic for our souls. It moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves. It directs our thoughts to giving.

If there was an observer on Mars, they would probably be amazed that we have survived this long.

Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity – the law of nature and of nations.

I hate to see anybody sink. I hate to see anybody lose their dream, lose their home, something like that.

I have this feeling that the world is not in balance. And people are afraid, but we’re also starting to be really brave.

We were old sinners – but when we came to Christ we are not sinners anymore.

When you are young, you cannot imagine being disabled. You imagine you would conquer it somehow. As I’ve got older, I can imagine it; I can see how life narrows in. I feel compassion for my mother now.

I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.