The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.

Teach me to feel another’s woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.

Like the old soldier of the ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty. Goodbye.

Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.

We are each made for goodness, love and compassion. Our lives are transformed as much as the world is when we live with these truths.

The traditional stand adopted by the Cuban Revolution, which was always opposed to any action that could jeopardize the life of civilians, is well known.

Every loss of life is terrible.

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.

I had to abandon free market principles in order to save the free market system.

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

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.

The good man is the friend of all living things.

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.

A good thing to remember is somebody’s got it a lot worse than we do.

The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.

What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country.

Our strategic dialogue with China can both protect American interests and uphold our principles, provided we are honest about our differences on human rights and other issues and provided we use a mix of targeted incentives and sanctions to narrow these differences.

I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.

The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that… it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.

If you wished to be loved, love.

I don’t like to see animals in pain. That was very uncomfortable to me. I don’t like factory farming. I’m not an advocate for the meat industry.

As a medical doctor, I have known the face of adversity. I have seen much of death and dying, suffering and sorrow. I also remember the plight of students overwhelmed by their studies and of those striving to learn a foreign language. And I recall the fatigue and frustration felt by young parents with children in need.

If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.

A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help.

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

Intolerance betrays want of faith in one’s cause.

There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

We did not choose to be the guardians of the gate, but there is no one else.

Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.

Whoever won’t fight when the President calls him, deserves to be kicked back in his hole and kept there.

We make the future sustainable when we invest in the poor, not when we insist on their suffering.

All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.

We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.

A faithful woman can become a devoted daughter of God – more concerned with being righteous than with being selfish, more anxious to exercise compassion than to exercise dominion, more committed to integrity than to notoriety. And she knows of her own infinite worth.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.

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.

Peace begins with a smile.

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.

We have an obligation to help people that cannot help themselves. The mentally retarded, the physically retarded, et cetera.

The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy.

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.

Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.

You pity the fool because you don’t want to beat up a fool! You know, pity is between sorry and mercy. See, if you pity him, you know, you won’t have to beat him up. So that’s why I say fools, you gotta give another chance because they don’t know no better. That’s why I pity them!

I think we have a duty to maintain the light of consciousness to make sure it continues into the future.

Give to everyone who begs from you; and of him who takes away your goods do not ask them again. And as you wish that men would do to you, do so to them.

But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?

Don’t hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.

I believe the most solemn duty of the American president is to protect the American people. If America shows uncertainty and weakness in this decade, the world will drift toward tragedy. This will not happen on my watch.

Love other human beings as you would love yourself.

God is patient with us to become the God’s children he wants us to be but you really can see him weeping.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

I glory in the distinguishing grace of God and will not, by the grace of God, step one inch from my principles or think of adhering to the present fashionable sort of religion.

It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose.

By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.

Nature never breaks her own laws.

Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind.

Men are only as great as they are kind.

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