Tom Price Quotes

We're a compassionate nation.

Fraternity and compassion are written into nature's DNA.

The American people have not become heartless.

A love for humanity came over me, and watered and fertilised the fields of my inner world which had been lying fallow, and this love of humanity vented itself in a vast compassion.

I have empathy; I am humane. I understand human misery.

Technology is unlocking the innate compassion we have for our fellow human beings.

Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.

As human beings we're so cynical, so uncompassionate.

There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.

I love mankind; it's people I can't stand.

Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children.

A little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just.

To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.

The problem with compassion is that it is not photogenic.

The final causes, then, of compassion are to prevent and to relieve misery.

It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.

Compassion and mercy are important, period. It doesn't matter who's at our receiving end, but we need to be flexing those muscles. It's not mutually exclusive: If you have compassion for children starving in Africa, it doesn't mean you can't have compassion for adults in Africa or animals that are being tortured and abused.

There is no verb for compassion, but you have an adverb for compassion. That's interesting to me. You act compassionately. But then, how to act compassionately if you don't have compassion? That is where you fake. You fake it and make it. This is the mantra of the United States of America.

We have to bring the humanity and compassion back.

Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.

Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.

In democratic ages men rarely sacrifice themselves for another, but they show a general compassion for all the human race. One never sees them inflict pointless suffering, and they are glad to relieve the sorrows of others when they can do so without much trouble to themselves. They are not disinterested, but they are gentle.

Compassion is the basis of all morality.

… bleeding hearts

We all need to realize that there are people out there who may be suffering and we all need to try to do our part to relieve that suffering when we can.