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title: "1 Compassionate Heart Quotes By Johann Arndt"
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> [Give me ... a compassionate heart, quickly moved to grieve for the woes of others and to active pity for them, even as our Lord Jesus Christ beheld our poverty and hasted to help us. Give me grace ever to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-arndt/give-me-a-compassionate-heart-quickly-moved-to-grieve-for-the-woes-of/)

[Johann Arndt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-arndt/)

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## More by Johann Arndt

> [Heart-suffering because of sin is the best proof that the Holy Spirit dwells in your heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-arndt/heart-suffering-because-of-sin-is-the-best-proof-that-the-holy-spirit/)

[Johann Arndt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-arndt/)

> [Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-arndt/whatever-man-uses-without-the-fear-of-god-whatever-he-applies-to-the/)

[Johann Arndt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-arndt/)

> [It certainly is the duty of every true Christian, to esteem himself a stranger and pilgrim in this world; and as bound to use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-arndt/it-certainly-is-the-duty-of-every-true-christian-to-esteem-himself-a/)

[Johann Arndt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-arndt/)

> [In short, all things that please the natural man in this world, are, to a true Christian, only so many crosses and temptations, allurements…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-arndt/in-short-all-things-that-please-the-natural-man-in-this-world-are-to/)

[Johann Arndt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-arndt/)

> [This truth is a remedy against spiritual pride, namely, that none should account himself better before God than others, though perhaps adorned with greater…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-arndt/this-truth-is-a-remedy-against-spiritual-pride-namely-that-none/)

[Johann Arndt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-arndt/)

> [Consider then, O man! whether there can be anything more wretched and poor, more naked and miserable, than man when he dies, if he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-arndt/consider-then-o-man-whether-there-can-be-anything-more-wretched-and/)

[Johann Arndt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-arndt/)

> [For even these are no less bestowed on him of pure grace, than are righteousness and salvation themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-arndt/for-even-these-are-no-less-bestowed-on-him-of-pure-grace-than-are/)

[Johann Arndt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-arndt/)

> [But since the world, which thou art to strive against, is not without thee, but within thee, it follows, that it is also to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-arndt/but-since-the-world-which-thou-art-to-strive-against-is-not-without/)

[Johann Arndt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-arndt/)

> [Give me ... a compassionate heart, quickly moved to grieve for the woes of others and to active pity for them, even as our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-arndt/give-me-a-compassionate-heart-quickly-moved-to-grieve-for-the-woes-of/)

[Johann Arndt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-arndt/)

> [Informal conversation is probably the oldest mechanism by which opinions on products and brands are developed, expressed, and spread.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-arndt/informal-conversation-is-probably-the-oldest-mechanism-by-which/)

[Johann Arndt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-arndt/)

> [Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to a careless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-arndt/yet-so-far-from-laboring-to-know-the-forbidden-tree-of-worldly/)

[Johann Arndt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-arndt/)

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