The compassionate man does not practise double standards. He is compassionate towards all. He shows his kindness to friends. He also shoes it to the enemy who has fallen and is repentant.
Mahabharata
Excessive grieving can destroy the sense of rationality.
Upanishads
If we call him the Father of all, then why do we not realize our brotherhood?
Hinduism
The desire to help others is shrouded by the veil of selfishness
Universal Prayers - From Vedas
O Lord, with my nature overpowered by weak commiseration, with my mind thrown into confusion about duty, I supplicate Thee. Tell me decidedly what is good for me. I am Thy disciple. Instruct me who have taken refuge in Thee.
Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram
Salutations to Him who is not born.
Sri Lalita Sahasranama
Om Srimat - simhasan esvaryai namah. Salutations to the great Sovereign enthroned on the lion's back.
Sivananda Lahari - Of Sri Sankaracarya
O Thou highest of beings! It befits Thee to save me who, stupefied by ignorance, is wallowing in hallow worldliness, far removed from the worship of Thee, the Lord of all creatures. Where is the person more miserable than I? Where is one more skiled thann Thee in saving the wreched? And where in all the three worlds is another apart from Thee who is fit for one to take refuge in?
Siva Sahasranama Stotram
Om sarva bhavanaya namah Adoration to Him who manifests and maintains all.
Quotations from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry)
