Quotes About Compassion

The arms of love encompass you with your present, your past, your future, the arms of love gather you together.

Although human life is priceless, we always act as if something had an even greater price than life…. But what is that something?

In giving you are throwing a bridge across the chasm of your solitude.

I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin.

The friend within the man is that part of him which belongs to you and opens to you a door which never, perhaps, is opened to another. Such a friend is true, and all he says is true; and he loves you even if he hates you in other mansions of his heart.

There is no hope of joy except in human relations.

Love does not cause suffering: what causes it is the sense of ownership, which is love's opposite

Perhaps love is the process of my leading you gently back to yourself

You listened so patiently. I suppose I want to know. What do you think? You did what anyone would have done, I said. It was the closest thing to a benediction I could offer. The fact that I didn't think it true, didn't make a difference.

Capital punishment kills immediately, whereas lifetime imprisonment does so slowly. Which executioner is more humane? The one who kills you in a few minutes, or the one who wrests your life from you in the course of many years?

The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others.

if it comes to a choice between being a good soldier and a good human being -- try to be a good human being".

We stand at an immense fork in the raod. One way is the path of generosity, dignity and a respect for other races and customs; the other leads most certainly to greed, suspicion, hatered and the old, bloody course of violence and waste - and now, God help us, to the very destruction of all the struggles and triumphs of the human race on this earth. My old friends and fellow townsmen: which will it be?

Its even pleasant to be sick when you know that there are people who await your recovery as they might await a holiday.

It is depressing to hear the unfortunate or dying man jest.

If you cant distinguish people from lap-dogs, you shouldnt undertake philanthropic work.

A nice man would feel ashamed even before a dog.

el que se ocupa demasiado en hacer el bien, no tiene tiempo de ser bueno».

She saw that supreme dignity - and love - lay in tolerance.

When we experience physical or mental pain, the first thing to do is to acknowledge it and allow it to be there simply as a feeling that will pass. A popular and useful acronym to remember is RAIN: Recognise what is happening; Allow the experience to be there; Investigate with kindness; Non-identification. By doing this we can loosen the added layer of suffering and become better able to live with the pain.

Also, we need to help ourselves before we can benefit others: 'that one who is himself sinking in the mud should pull out another who is sinking in the mud is impossible; that one who is not himself sinking in the mud should pull out another who is sinking in the mud is possible', says the Buddha.

In love, there is no criticism. In love, there is no rationality

I don't know what happened between the two of you. I don't know if it can be forgiven. The hardest thing always is to forgive yourself.

Anna took his hand to gauge the swelling. 'Let's at least put something cold around it. Frozen peas work pretty well.' 'Do I have to eat them?' 'No, you just have to inject them into a vein,' Anna said.