Quotes About Compassion

But I think how we treat any one person is how we treat the world

it's the good and open hearted people, those with the most to give, who are the most vulnerable. Because they think everyone is honest as they are.

I love the way Beck loves. If everyone loved like she did, the world would be a better place.

I think my family has done everything we can for Marshall," said Leila

Maybe you're still friends with people even after they hurt you, even if they keep hurting you. Because there's something there. Something true and deep that stays even when it aches.

That's everyone. No one's perfect, and no one needs to be.

We give because we love, not because we fear. When we give with love, we can disconnect from how things are received. Only the act of pure giving is important.

Daily, she forgave his flaws, just as she knew he forgave hers. Maybe that alone was the foundation of a good marriage, an endless willingness to forgive and to love in spite of ourselves, an ability to ride the highs and endure the lows, the decision to always go home. She

It's never too late to fix things with people you love, Massie. Kendra said. That's true. William agreed.

She's gay?" "No." Addie reached for the burnt bagel, took a bite. "But she is human.

No one knows the weight of another's burden

No one knows the weight of another's burden. GEORGE HERBERT

Being someone's best friend doesn't always mean telling them every tiny thing about yourself, you know. Sometimes it means having enough trust to let them have their secrets and still be there for them.

You can't make people stop loving each other just because a law says it's wrong," I said.

Being someone's best friend doesn't always mean telling them every tiny thing about yourself, you know. Sometimes it means having enough trust to let them have their secrets and still be there for them. -Morvena

A shade of sorrow passed over Taliesin's face. 'There are those,' he said gently, 'who must first learn loss, despair, and grief. Of all paths to wisdom, this is the cruelest and longest. Are you one who must follow such a way? This even I cannot know. If you are, take heart nonetheless. Those who reach the end do more than gain wisdom. As rough wool becomes cloth, and crude clay a vessel, so do they change and fashion wisdom for others, and what they give back is greater than what they won.

I can't make sense out of that girl, he said to the bard, Can you? Never mind, Fflewddur said, We aren't really expected to.

Are you slow-witted? I'm so sorry for you. It's terrible to be dull and stupid.

Every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone.

Do you not believe that animals know grief and fear and pain? The world of men is not an easy one for them.

It is harsh enough for each man to bear his own wound. But he who leads bears the wounds of all who follow him.

I know it isn't nice to vex people on purpose—it's like handing them a toad—but this is much too good to miss and I may never have another chance at it.

A grower of turnups Or shaper of clay, a commot Farmer or a king-Every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone.

Keep out of this, Lucian said. I'm not smiting anybody. You're showing mercy. Catch-a-Tick nodded. That's heroic, too. But not as good as smiting.