Quotes About Compassion

You will find the poet who wrings the heart of the world, or the foremost captain of his time, driving a bargain or paring a potato, just as you would do.

The next time you find yourself in an argument, rather than defend your position, see if you can see the other point of view first.

At no time do I come from a cynical point of view. I'm coming from a concerned point of view.

I am not antiwhite, because I understand that white people, like black ones, are victims of a racist society. They are products of their time and place.

Being a vegan just helps me build up my self-esteem. I feel good about it every time I eat a meal.

Throw aside your scriptures in the Ganga and teach the people first the means of procuring their food and clothing, and then you will find time to read to them the scriptures.

Find someone who is having a hard time or is ill or lonely, and do something for him or her.

Jesus is not the man at the top of the stairs; He is the man at the bottom, the friend of sinners, the savior of those in need of one. Which is all of us, all of the time.

The time must come when, great and pressing as change and betterment may be, they do not involve killing and hurting people.

If I had my ministry over again, I would devote far more time to the ministry of comfort and encouragement.

I hated hurting him. Most of the time, I could forget about it, but the inexorable truth is this: They might be glad to have me around, but I was the alpha and the omega of my parents' suffering.

I was a solipsist and a narcissist and much too arrogant. I have a lot more compassion now, but it took a long time.

Why should some people have such a hard time during their few years on this earth?

If something happens, you have to realize that you can't just yell at people all the time.

I think that any time anybody gets rid of oppression, intervention, exploitation, cruelty - that's positive.

The time is approaching when we shall consider it abhorrent to our civilization to allow a human being to die in prolonged agony which we should mercifully end in any other creature.

There is always a comforting thought in time of trouble when it is not our trouble.

Now it's time for America to bind the wounds of division.

It's a difficult time for a lot of people right now.

Having listened to people for a long time, I believe many of us should be thankful not to be shot.

I stumble all the time parenting my daughter. I ask her for forgiveness all the time and I preach forgiveness to her.

"A cigar," said the altruist, "a cigar, my good man, I cannot give you. But any time you need a light, just come around; mine is always lit."

If we worried half as much what others are doing for us and spent twice as much time helping others, we would all be exponentially happier.

We need empathy to give empathy. When we sense ourselves being defensive or unable to empathize, we need to (a) stop, breathe, give ourselves empathy, (b) scream nonviolently, or (c) take time out.