‘Tis not enough to help the feeble up, but to support them after.
The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another.
Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.
The first dog I had was owned by an abusive couple. He was very skittish. He wouldn’t let me hold him. It was explained to me that it was because of how he was treated.
They might not need me; but they might. I’ll let my head be just in sight; a smile as small as mine might be precisely their necessity.
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor?
Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work.
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