Quotes About Compassion

... our interests and our conscience compel us to act on behalf of those who long for freedom. And we must be a source of hope to the poor, the sick, the marginalized, the victims of prejudice.

Life is cruel and we do terrible things to each other.

I have created a life style that supports contemplation, service to words.

Anyone we come in contact with, we either offer them life, or we drain them.

Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.

My friends have made the story of my life.

We are not the healers, we are not the reconcilers, we are not the givers of life. We are sinful, broken, vulnerable people who need as much care as anyone we care for.

Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.

To live life is to make a succession of errors. Understanding this can bring us great ease and forgiveness for ourselves and others.

There's someone out there who needs you. You must live your life so that person can find you.

But most importantly, we can all be donors. It does not matter how old you are, your race, where you live; all of us can give the gift of life.

I don't know what you're feeling, I won't even pretend

The only way you can truly get more out of life for yourself is to give part of yourself away.

To deal with individual human needs at the everyday level can be noble sometimes.

Only reverence can restrain violence - reverence for human life and the environment.

Whatever life presents us, our response can be an expression of our compassion.

It's cool to be kind. It's cool to be weird. It's cool to be honest and to be secure with yourself.

A great proportion of the wretchedness which has embittered married life, has originated in a negligence of trifles.

When it all comes down to it, life isn't about how much we get - it's about how much we share.

Coming to know one another based on a shared humanity through dialogue is the key to breaking down the walls of isolation and reversing the decline of life-to-life bonds among human beings.

We are all more similar than we usually realize. So much of the suffering we do in our life is because of obsession with self.

Any country that accepts abortion is the poorest of the poor

In order to heal others, we first need to heal ourselves. And to heal ourselves, we need to know how to deal with ourselves.

Sarcasm and compassion are two of the qualities that make life on Earth tolerable.