“I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking of personal gain.”

— Thomas Aquinas

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Italian Dominican scholastic philosopher of the Roman Catho… 1225–1274

Melody Beattie (1948) American writer

Source: Beyond Codependency: And Getting Better All the Time

“Might I indicate the difficulty which some of us feel over collective compassion? The good Samaritan had compassion. If two good Samaritans had compassion, that would still be individual compassion, not collective compassion. If the good Samaritan had been obliged by decree of the Roman Emperor to assist the traveller, that would not be compassion at all, because it would be done under obligation.”

Enoch Powell (1912–1998) British politician

Speech http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1979/may/22/the-economy-pay-and-prices#S5CV0967P0_19790522_HOC_260 in the House of Commons (22 May 1979)
1970s

“What would I do without the moral compass of a teenage werewolf?”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

Source: Magic Burns

“Every one of us strives to be a better person; and if I am to contribute one thing of myself, it would be compassion.”

Masiela Lusha (1985) Albanian actress, writer, author

Statement at the Masiela Lusha Foundatinon board page http://www.masielalushafoundation.org/board.php

“No matter where I was, my compass pointed west. I would always know what time it was in California.”

Janet Fitch book White Oleander

Source: White Oleander

“Your desires do not control you any more than a compass can control you. But ignoring, denying or trying to change a compass to say what you would rather it say, tends to have drastic consequences.”

Teal Swan (1984) American spiritual teacher

“I am supposing, or perhaps only hoping, that our future may be found in the past's fugitive moments of compassion rather than in its solid centuries of warfare.”

Howard Zinn book A People's History of the United States

Source: A People's History of the United States (1980), Ch. 1

“I would say that compassion for our parents is the true sign of maturity.”

Anaïs Nin book The Diary of Anaïs Nin

The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 5
Diary entries (1914 - 1974)

“[I would] rather discover one cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.”

Democritus Ancient Greek philosopher, pupil of Leucippus, founder of the atomic theory

Freeman (1948), p. 155
Durant (1939),Ch. XVI, §II, p. 352, citinas G.Grote, Plato and the Other Companions of Socrates (London, 1875), vol. 1, p. 68; and citing C. Bakewell, Sourcebook in Ancient Philosophy, New York, 1909, p. 62.
Variant: I would rather discover a single demonstration [in geometry] than become king of the Persians.

“I think my government are fascists. I feel that if we don't change from a society that worships money and power over to one that worships compassion and generosity, there is no hope for human survival this century.”

Patch Adams (1945) Physician, activist, diplomat, author

As quoted in "Entrevista com o médico americano P. Adams" in Roda Viva - Entrevista (13 November 2007)

“I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking of personal gain.”

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