"Men are more compassionate/(nobler)/magnanimous/generous than God; for men……" — Mark Twain

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• Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They… — Karen Armstrong
• Jesus did not spend a great deal of time discoursing about the trinity or original sin or the incarnation, which… — Karen Armstrong
• People confuse compassion with government being compassionate with other people's money versus people being compassionate with their own money. — Michele Bachmann
• I became a lesbian because of women, because women are beautiful, strong, and compassionate. — Rita Mae Brown
• Forcing people to be generous isn't humanitarian, effective, compassionate or moral. Only acts that are truly voluntary for all concerned… — Harry Browne
• What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly… — Harry Browne
• How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with… — George Washington Carver
• Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires… — Chanakya
• The Buddha taught that we're not actually in control, which is a pretty scary idea. But when you let things… — Pema Chodron
• In my experience, people who are truly compassionate rarely use the word "compassion." Those who do talk compassion generally intend… — Harry Browne
• If one is cruel to himself, how can we expect him to be compassionate with others? — Hasdai ibn Shaprut
• The first precept in Buddhism is "Do not kill." This precept is not merely a legalistic prohibition, but a realization… — Unknown Author

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