Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is that compassion is the key, that it's the sine-qua-non of religion, people look kind of balked, and stubborn sometimes, as much to say, what's the point of having religion if you can't disapprove of other people?
Copy QuoteI would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live as if there isn't and to die to find out that there is.
Copy Quote View & ShareWhen I do good I feel good, when I do bad I feel bad, and that's my religion.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
Copy Quote View & ShareWithin the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.
Copy Quote View & ShareIt is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.
Copy Quote View & ShareHuman beings must be known to be loved; but Divine beings must be loved to be known.
Copy Quote View & ShareGod is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that.
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