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“Changing the structure and rules of the global economy will require a mass movement based on messages of compassion, justice, and equality, as well as collaborative and democratic processes ... If we stay positive, inclusive, and democratic, we have a truly historic opportunity to build a global movement for social justice.”

“The end of the Cold War removed the immediate causes of whole destruction but not the threat contained in our knowledge. We must tame this knowledge with the ideals of justice, caring, and compassion summoned from our common human spiritual and moral heritage, if we are to live in peace and serenity in the twenty-first century.”

“Just as we take for granted the need to acquire proficiency in the basic academic subjects, I am hopeful that a time will come when we can take it for granted that children will learn, as part of the curriculum, the indispensability of inner values: love, compassion, justice, and forgiveness.”

“Never be discouraged from being an activist because people tell you that you'll not succeed. You have already succeeded if you're out there representing truth or justice or compassion or fairness or love.”

People Ifs Truth Success Justice Compassion Succeed Activist Fairness Discouraged Representing Truth Love

Book:Granny D: Walking Across America in My Ninetieth Year

Source: Granny D: Walking Across America in My Ninetieth Year

“If you love the justice of Jesus Christ more than you fear human judgment then you will seek to do compassion. Compassion means that if I see my friend and my enemy in equal need, I shall help them both equally. Justice demands that we seek and find the stranger, the broken, the prisoner and comfort them and offer them our help. Here lies the holy compassion of God that causes the devils much distress.”

Source: Meditations with Mechtild of Magdeburg

“A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our present policies... True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. A true revolution of values will soon look on uneasily upon the glaring contrast of poverty and wealth with righteous indignation.”

Looks Values Causes Wealth Justice Compassion Poverty Policy Revolution Contrast Righteous Fairness Coins Beggar Indignation Breaking Silence Righteous Indignation

Book:In a Single Garment of Destiny

Source: In a Single Garment of Destiny

“In spiritual maturity, the opposite of injustice is not justice but compassion.”

Spiritual Justice Compassion Opposites Injustice Maturity Spiritual Maturity

Author:Joko Beck

“The simple fact is that we must not-and we will not-surrender our borders to those who wish to exploit our history of compassion and justice.”

Facts Wish Justice Simple Compassion Surrender Immigration Borders Exploits

Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1993

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1993

“Religions have become a hindrance, rather than a help, to our shared pursuit of peace and progress. They tend to make us meaner rather than better human beings, less sensitive to the demands of justice, compassion and fellow humanity in our times.”

Humans Helping Humanity Justice Human Beings Compassion Progress Demand Fellows Pursuit Sensitive Our Time Hindrance Pursuit Of Justice

Author:Agnivesh

“Let us never cease to feel compassion for those in want. Let us never tire of helping victims of injustice and oppression. He who puts his faith in the restoration of human dignity cannot be wrong.”

Want Feels Humans Helping Justice Compassion Dignity Victim Injustice Cease Oppression Tire Restoration Human Dignity Injustice And Oppression

Author:Poul Hartling

“What are the things that you can't see that are important? I would say justice, truth, humility, service, compassion, love...They're the guiding lights of a life.”

Important Helping Light Justice Compassion Humility Helping Others Guiding Light Justice Truth

Author:Jimmy Carter

“We evaluate others with a Godlike justice, but we want them to evaluate us with a Godlike compassion.”

Want Justice Compassion Judging Evaluate Judging Others Godlike

Author:Sydney J. Harris

“If we should deal out justice only, in this world, who would escape? No, it is better to be generous, and in the end more profitable, for it gains gratitude for us, and love.”

Ifs World Should Ends Justice Deals Compassion Kindness This World Gratitude Gains And Love Generous Profitable Kindness And Compassion Being Generous

Book:Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1: The Complete and Authoritative Edition

Source: Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1: The Complete and Authoritative Edition

“What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence or lawlessness; but love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or they be black.”

Source: The Gospel According to RFK: Why it Matters Now

“He was a worshiper of liberty, a friend of the oppressed. A thousand times I have heard him quote these words: 'For Justice all place a temple, and all season, summer.' He believed that happiness is the only good, reason the only torch, justice the only worship, humanity the only religion, and love the only priest. He added to the sum of human joy; and were every one to whom he did some loving service to bring a blossom to his grave, he would sleep tonight beneath a wilderness of flowers. . . .”

Source: Colonel Bob Ingersoll: a biographical narrative of the great American orator and agnostic