Joseph Butler

Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy as hunger is a natural call for food.

Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections.

Every man is to be considered in two capacities, the private and public; as designed to pursue his own interest, and likewise to contribute to the good of others.

I think a lot of songwriters would agree that it's often easier to find inspiration in misery.

The dew of compassion is a tear.

In the final analysis, it is your decision to make, but it doesn't move as fast as I'd like it to move.