Quotes About Compassion

We are never so poor that we cannot bless another human, are we? So it is that every evil, whether moral or material, results

James McBride's Deacon King Kong.

You can't get over things you did to other people as easily as the things they did to you.

You can't get over things you do to other people as easily as you get over things they do to you.

Whatever his belief, Father Damien had acted on the fundamental dictates of a great love. Sacrifice had been his rule. He'd put others above himself and lived in the abyss of doubt rather than forsake those in need. Was doubt when coupled with devotion a greater virtue than simple faith?

Always say exactly what you feel. People are hurt more by misunderstanding than anything else.

Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn't worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.

I forgive you for not being the way I wanted you to be. I forgive you and I set you free.

If you want to understand your parents more, get them to talk about their own childhood; and if you listen with compassion, you will learn where their fears and rigid patterns come from. Those people who "did all that stuff to you" were just as frightened and scared as you are.

La jeunesse vraie, la seule, c'est d'aimer tout le monde sans distinction, cela seulement est vrai, cela seulement est jeune et nouveau.

Si les gens sont si méchants, c'est peut-être seulement parce qu'ils souffrent, mais le temps est long qui sépare le moment où ils ont cessé de souffrir de celui où ils deviennent un peu meilleurs.

Now I know... we have at least two friends!... Cillie von Leiden and the hunchback... not bad in our situation... or, come right down to it, no matter where and when, peace, dead calm, wars, convulsions... so many vaginas, stomachs, cocks, snouts, and flies you don't know what to do with them... shovelsful!... but hearts?... very rare!

Medicine is a thankless profession. When you get paid by the rich, you feel like a flunky, by the poor like a thief. How can you take a fee from people who can't afford to eat or go to the movies? Especially when they're at their last gasp. It's not easy. You let it ride. You get soft-hearted. And your ship goes down.

Rolul ling?ului admirator e aproape singurul în care oamenii se îndur? unii pe alÅ£ii cu oarecare pl?cere.

You need a heart and a certain amount of knowledge to go further than other people.

De mensen zitten barstensvol medelijden voor invaliden en blinden, je kunt gerust zeggen dat ze een hele voorraad liefde achter de hand hebben. Dat had ik al heel vaak gemerkt. 't Wemelt van dat soort liefde. Je kunt niet het tegendeel beweren. 't Is alleen zo jammer dat de mensen toch zo honds blijven, met zoveel liefde in voorraad. Het komt er niet uit, dat is het. Het zit binnenin en het blijft binnenin, ze hebben er niets aan. Ze gaan kapot aan die liefde, binnenin.

Trust in frightened people takes the place of love.

Niciodat? sau aproape niciodat? cei neînsemnaÅ£i nu se întreab? care sunt cauzele tuturor relelor ce le îndur?. Se ur?sc doar unii pe alÅ£ii, ÅŸi asta-i de ajuns.

Para el pobre existen en este mundo dos grandes formas de palmarla, por la indiferencia absoluta de sus semejantes en tiempos de paz o por la pasión homicida de los mismos en tiempos de guerra.

A poor man in this world can be done to death in two main ways, by the absolute indifference of his fellows in peacetime or by their homicidal mania when there's a war.

Always look kindly on the old, Bairbre . . . Because they have loved people so much longer than you have, they have so very much more to lose . . .

The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard lie down with the kid, and a little child shall lead them.

People that sick simply can't love. They don't have it in them.

Kate's love helps me forgive myself for my own death. The choices I made, the people I hurt. But now I know—the best of us waste our time repenting, forgiving everyone but ourselves. And the worst don't even realize there is anything to forgive. Hungry ghosts wander the earth, trapped in the bardo, seeking redemption that had been there all along.