Quotes About Compassion

Avery did not know what Jean was thinking, only that there was intense thought behind those eyes filled with tears. It was not only her weeping that moved him, but this intensity of thought he perceived in her. Already he knew that he did not want to tamper, to force open, to take what was not his; and that he was willing to wait for a long time for her to speak herself to him.

We must not forget what it means to be in love with another human being, Lucjan had said. For this, once lost, can no longer be imagined.

Sometimes, all you must do is reach out your hand for something wonderful to happen.

My Life cannot implement in action the demands of all the people to whom my heart responds.

Tragedy is the common lot of man. 'So many people have lost children' I remind myself. pp 178-179 This tragedy is such an inextricable part of my story that it cannot be left out of an honest record. Suffering - no matter how multiplied - is always individual. p 179

We are asked today to feel compassionately for everyone in the world; to digest intellectually all the information spread out in public print; and to implement in action every ethical impulse aroused by our hearts and minds. The interrelatedness of the world links us constantly with more people than our hearts can hold. Or rather—for I believe the heart is infinite—modern communication loads us with more problems than the human frame can carry.

seems to me the most beautiful thing on earth, perhaps because it is unearthly, and the touch of God in us: the miracle of mercy, the unexpected, the arms of the prodigal son's father, the ravens bringing food in the night, the cup running over.

One longs to explain, to be sure they understand, the people one loves.

The interrelatedness of the world links us constantly with more people than our heart can hold. Or rather, for I believe the heart is infinite, modern communication loads us with more problems than the human frame can carry.

Traditionally we are taught, and instinctively we long, to give where it is needed—and immediately.

Maybe right and wrong did not move, but understanding of them did. The wrenching pain of walking the same path, even for a short space, tore away the willingness to judge.

Page 134 Florence Nightengale is speaking to William Monk Of course. If you know the truth, it takes a gentler and perhaps a wiser woman than Purdence Barrymore not to speak it aloud. She did not understand the arts of diplomacy. I fear that perhaps I do not either. The sick cannot wait for flattery and coercion to do their work.

I'm so sorry, my dear," she said quietly. "It's a shock, even though he was old. Pieces of our lives being chipped away reminds us of our own fragility, and how precious life is.

Be aware that you can truly help people only by aiding them to become what they are, not what you are.

Be aware that you can truly help people only by aiding them to become what they are, not what you are. I have heard you say 'If I were you, I would do this—or that.' 'I' am never 'you'—and my solutions may not be yours.

It is the spirit which heals the transgressor, and that is in essence what matters.

The imagination conjures so many things, and one feels the pain of them all, until one knows.

Las auténticas deudas rara vez son cuestión de dinero: son de amistad, confianza, ayuda cuando más la necesitas, una mano que toma la tuya en la oscuridad cuando estás solo.

Some people cannot think themselves into anyone else's pain. If they don't feel it themselves, then it isn't real.

La experiencia daba profundidad, compasión, una valoración más nítida de las cosas buenas. El tiempo ponía a prueba el coraje y reblandecía el corazón. ¿Acaso

but can it forgive everything? Should it? Which

If we were the Christian people we pretend to be, she wouldn't have had to take them. We would care for our own old and sick.

Beasts may kill one another, they may ignore the sick or distressed—but they never mock.

He was happy for other people's success.