Quotes About Compassion

In one equation you can solve all the puzzles of life. It is the equation of giving.

I have discovered that the people who believe most strongly in the next life do the most good in the present one.

You should really stop worrying, develop the real wish to live and with a good motivation, [such as] "I have a better life and I can put that life at the benefit of others."

Discover this mystery: as you help others face their days, you put life into your own. And life is exactly what many people need.

One of the best lessons I learned early is that not everything in life is about you. It is about service. If you want trips and excessive gifts, then don't get into public service.

The only thing you can do with your life is give it away. The best, happiest moments in your life are always when you're giving something away.

In the time of your life, live-so that in that good time there shall be no ugliness or death for yourself or for any life your life touches.

When you choose not to forgive... it is you who are forced every day to look at life through contaminated lenses because you have chosen to keep them.

There's something in the moment when you can make them laugh or cry and show and incredibly compassionate side of life. I find that a really exemplary way to live.

While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered animals, how can we expect any ideal living conditions on this earth?

Through adoption, Americans can forever change not only a child's life but also their own.

If we had to tolerate in others all that we permit in ourselves, life would become completely unbearable.

Realize that to have friends one must first be a friend. Make friendship a priority in your life.

Nothing,' wrote Tolstoy, 'can make our life, or the lives of other people, more beautiful than perpetual kindness.

When an individual fear or apathy would cause us to pass by the unfortunate, then life is of no account.

But the truth of the matter is, to live a good life, as a good person, it doesn't matter how you got there. It just matters that you do.

It's a terrific privilege to be able to see into somebody else's life.

Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind.

No human being, past the thoughtless age of boyhood, will wantonly murder any creature which holds its life by the same tenure that he does.

A happy disposition is largely a disposition to make others happy. One life permeates all things, and there is no corner of the cosmos too remote to feel its heart throb.

The real spirit of Christmas lies in the life and mission of the Master.

I try not to be too hard on myself. My husband reminds me that life is a marathon, not a sprint.

True courage is about knowing not when to take a life, but when to spare one.

No role in life is more important than to be a good mother.