Quotes About Compassion

What's really important is to recognize when people do great things or when people pursue an initiative or show enormous generosity or heart or bravery.

I am committed to examining my feelings and will recognize, appreciate and respect the differences among people in our society.

I always think that if you look at anyone in detail, you will have empathy for them because you recognize them as a human being, no matter what they've done.

Respect and affection for animals, particularly those who share our homes, recognize no geographic borders.

I recognize that I have the ability to be selfish, but I also recognize that you can't be happy if you only care about yourself at the expense of other people.

I think my mom recognized that I liked people to be happy. I like people to get along. And I like to be a peacemaker. And I liked the church. So she was like, 'You should be a youth pastor.'

I'm pro-human. And I think recognizing the human nature of migration is very important.

Consciously be sensitive to others, and try to elevate their level of consciousness. Don't do this by being preachy and telling them that they 'should' do this or that. Do it by raising your own level of energy and recognizing what's best in others.

I am hoping that in this year of the family we will go into our families and reconcile differences.

I understand that not everyone shares my faith and some find it difficult to reconcile with their own beliefs.

Dr. King gave his life to peace and justice and reconciliation between people, black and white, rich and poor, and he was a great hero for not only people who were oppressed in our country but for people who believed in justice both here and around the world.

Reconciliation and forgiveness can actually help all of us move on in a healthier, happier way.

We have to support truth and reconciliation and some form of justice.

Reconciliation is a decision that you take in your heart.

My children not only inspired me to reconsider what kind of eating animal I would be, but also shamed me into reconsideration.

Self-compassion is how we recover.

So often I meet parents who are just exhausted. I want to look at how I can then create space for that person to recover.

Remember that a woman who has given birth to a dead child has given birth and is recovering physically, too. Don't be afraid of grieving parents.

It would be completely wrong and arrogant of me to say that this is what I am, an inspiration to others. During the course of my recovery, I bumped into people with amazing stories, far more amazing than mine.

I've never been a red carpet hugger unless it is for charity.

I have nine children. It breaks my heart to think that it might be their blood is needed to redeem something, to reclaim something that we, through our apathy and our indifference, have given away.

We need to redefine what a hero looks like.

Hell is yourself and the only redemption is when a person puts himself aside to feel deeply for another person.

The mark of our society as civilized will come when we embrace confidence in the power of redemption.