“No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another.”— Joseph Addison
“I have always felt that one of the most important things a human being can do is to be compassionate and kind to all other sentient beings.”— Jenny Agutter
“Radical empathy is not about you. It's not about what you think, or what you feel. It's about what someone else is going through.”— Steve Almond
“I happen to be a Christian, but I know that there are people who have zero faith, and they are just as good and just as compassionate as I am.”— Clay Aiken
“We must not turn our backs on the needy in our own country. And we must not turn our backs on the most vulnerable people in the world.”— Lucille Roybal-Allard
“When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.”— Mark Antony