Quotes About Compassion

I won't have a hard time being brutally honest. But I won't be mean. You don't have to be mean to be honest.

One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for.

At this time let us be exceedingly mindful that bearing one another's burdens and sharing one another's suffering is integral to being members of Christ's body.

Several very good friends of mine have died of AIDS. I spent a great deal of time with them when they went through that process.

I try to take people one at a time, with all the contradictions and compromises that most of us live with.

Never get behind old people. Their bodies are littered with hidden metal and they never seem to appreciate how little time they have left

I came to declare that I am a friend to Arabs, at a time when it is not easy to be friend to Arabs, because nowadays those who have ambitions and interests would not befriend Arab.

All of us have far too much to do to waste our time and energies in criticism, faultfinding, or the abuse of others.

I'm talking about the essence of humanity. Hope is mixed into the blood of every human being, everywhere and in every time.

My teeth became sour as I listened to his story. It was then that I understood why he was quiet all the time.

I don't have much time for real violence at all. I think there are infinitely better ways of changing the world than using violence. Sitting round a table talking is a pretty good start.

I understand a lot of the female needs. I'm not saying I know all of them all the time though.

Tolerance comes of age. I see no fault committed that I myself could not have committed at some time or other.

If I had a nervous breakdown every time something awful happened in the world, I'd be crazier than a shithouse rat.

An enemy might at any time become a friend, but while an enemy was an enemy he should be trodden on and persecuted.

Just taking the time to look at children and understand them is what everyone needs.

There is no better time than right now to start your own "family tradition" of helping needy children.

Men should spend less time with guns and more time in childbirth.

Wholeheartedly do what it takes to awaken your clear-seeing intelligence, but one day at a time, one moment at a time. If we live that way, we will benefit this earth.

It seems to me that we spend an inordinate amount of time and attention on fixing ourselves when we could really be directing that out to serving others.

Of course, this is the season to be jolly, but it is also a good time to be thinking about those who aren't.

When you meet someone, treat them as if they were in serious trouble, and you will be right more than half the time.

If a chimp who has been abused horribly by humans can help a human friend in a time of need, how much more should we help the animals - and other people for that matter - in their time of need?

I want to take this opportunity to express, one more time, my deep sadness to those countrymen who feel, rightly, that they were victims of my government.