Quotes About Compassion

A humanist is a person who can say: I am human, nothing written down is strange to me.

suggesting that, though their situation might be strange , there was nothing new about suffering .

If people are forced to suppress the emotion of love for their fellow human beings then they certainly can't have love for anything else, including God.

To be gentle, tolerant, wise and reasonable requires a goodly portion of toughness.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.

We must pardon everyone because if not, it will be like we will have to punish all the population. We must pardon everyone because all ethnic groups did bad acts. (Thirty-eight-year-old female, Nyanza-Lac)

It's really kind of… well, beautiful, in a way. Even the monsters, once you get to know 'em. We're all beautiful.

I love other creatures almost as much as I hate people

WHY SHOULD MAN EXPECT HIS PRAYER FOR MERCY TO BE HEARD BY WHAT IS ABOVE HIM WHEN HE SHOWS NO MERCY TO WHAT IS UNDER HIM? —Pierre Troubetzkoy

We can only move to a long-term resolution regarding terrorism and war by planting seeds of peace. We have to start with ourselves.

Annelere anlat?lan kederler taksim de?il, zarbedilmi? olur.

Ah, insanlar niçin her ?eyi anlam?yorlar? Be? dakika on dakika yar?m saat kendilerini unutsalar, kendilerini kar??lar?ndakinin yerine koysalar, tam onun gibi-fakat hiç eksiksiz ve tam- onun gibi duysalar, her ?ey ne kadar yerli yerinde olacak. Hay?r! ?lla ki z?ddiyetler, öfkeler, yanl?? anla??lmalar, inatlar, ?üpheler, hakim olmak arzular?…

Kimse kimseye ac?masayd?, hiç bir insan ac?nacak halde bulunmazd?.

En çirkin merhamet, hedefini ?a??rand?r.

Be? dakika sonra hastaneden ç?k?yorum. Son not. Bu odada ba?kalar? inleyecekler. Onlar? ?imdiden gayet iyi tan?yorum. Üstümden ç?kar?p yata?a att???m ropdö?amb?r içinde, ebediyen ayn? insan bulunacak: Hasta.

Ya?amak, yaralamak ve yaralanmakt?r; ama insanca.

Felaketimizi ba?ka biriyle taksim etmek saadettir,fakat annelerle de?il,annelerle de?il.Annelere anlat?lan kederler taksim de?il,zarbedilmi? olur: Çocuklar?n?n felaketini iki kat ?iddetle hisseden anneler,bu ?st?raplar?n? çocuklar?na fazlas?yla iade ederler;böylece keder anadan çocu?a ve çocuktan anaya her intikal edi?inde büyüdükçe büyür.

I learned at that moment as ethereal tears streamed down my face and I opened the trunk to comfort a frightened little girl. There are worse things than losing. There was always winning.

Loathe to do it, I reached out and placed my hand on his father's jaw, instantly healing

Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty.

Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.

Think lightly of yourself and think deeply of the world. MIYAMOTO MUSASHI

Edwin Markham's "Outwitted": He drew the circle that shut me out— Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had the wit to win: We drew a circle that took him in!

The Dalai Lama calls it "the enemy's gift." From a Buddhist perspective, battling with enemies can help you develop greater compassion for and tolerance of others. "In order to practice sincerely and to develop patience," he says, "you need someone who willfully hurts you. Thus, these people give us real opportunities to practice these things. They are testing our inner strength in a way that even our guru cannot.