"Conquer evil people by gentle kindness, and make……" — Isaac of Nineveh
"Conquer evil people by gentle kindness, and make zealous people wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion."
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Isaac of Nineveh
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20 Quotes by Isaac of Nineveh
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If you practice an excellent virtue without perceiving the taste of its aid, do not marvel; for until a man…
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A man who is truly humble is not troubled when he is wronged and he says nothing to justify himself…
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Behold, for years and generations, the way of God has been leveled by the cross and by death. How is…
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Be persecuted, rather than be a persecutor. Be crucified, rather than be a crucifier. Be treated unjustly, rather than treat…
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Be dead in life, and you will not live in death. Let your soul die strenuously, and not live in…
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There is love like a small lamp, which goes out when the oil is consumed; or like a stream which…
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Humility collects the soul into a single point by the power of silence. A truly humble man has no desire…
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As a handful of sand thrown into the ocean, so are the sins of all flesh as compared with the…
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Just as a strongly flowing fountain is not blocked up by a handful of earth, so the compassion of the…
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Someone who bears a grudge while he prays is like a person who sows in the sea and expects to…
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The man who follows Christ in solitary mourning is greater than he who praises Christ amid the congregation of men.
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Solitude is an ocean with wonderful places hidden in its depths.
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More Compassion Quotes
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Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day.
— Karen Armstrong
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Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and…
— Karen Armstrong
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If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st…
— Karen Armstrong
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Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is…
— Karen Armstrong
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Compassion is the key in Islam and Buddhism and Judaism and Christianity. They are profoundly similar.
— Karen Armstrong
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If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will…
— Francis of Assisi
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Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat…
— Sri Aurobindo
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My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants;…
— Teresa of Avila
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People confuse compassion with government being compassionate with other people's money versus people being compassionate with their own money.
— Michele Bachmann
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Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.
— James M. Barrie
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If Republicans are aiming for the heart, for compassion, the last thing they should do is abandon the sanctity of…
— Gary Bauer
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One thing everyone seems to agree on is that Republicans face a perceived compassion deficit.
— Gary Bauer
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