Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy. Giovanni Boccaccio
I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics. Albert Schweitzer
To have compassion for those who suffer is a human quality which everyone should possess, especially those who have required comfort themselves in the past and have managed to find it in others. Giovanni Boccaccio
I - my heart - a gaping heart, enthroned in a radiance of blood. It is mine, it is ours. The heart - that wound which we have. I have compassion on myself. Henri Barbusse
I am angry with him but I have compassion for him. The reason I can have a relationship with him is that I don't see him as my father but as an individual. I'm glad I didn't murder him that day. I couldn't have lived with myself if I had. Billy Childish
The strongest, toughest men all have compassion. They're not heartless and cold. You have to be man enough to have compassion - to care about people and about your children" (217) - John Singleton "Oh Man, I've Become My Father. Denzel Washington