Compassion, my dear Brother, is preferable to cleanliness. Reflect that with a little soap I can easily clean my bed covers, but even with a torrent of tears I would never wash from my soul the stain that my harshness toward the unfortunate would create.
Saint Martin de Porres, upon being chastised for allowing a beggar covered in ulcers to rest in his own bed. (via heckyeahorderofpreachers)