Quotes About Compassion

I don't think we are cut out to be evil sorcerers, brothers," said Fentongoose. "If we were truly evil, we would not feel such sorrow at the deaths of our friends. We would just go, 'Ha! Ha! Ha!' or something.

Sometimes, on our way through the world, we meet someone who touches our heart in a way others don't.

It's best to give while your hand is still warm.

It is also true, however, that Noah could have done more. He built the ark as God commanded, and he withstood the contempt of onlookers, but he did not attempt to intercede with the Creator on behalf of his fellow man. Abraham literally argued with God in an effort to save Sodom and Gomorrah. And Moses was prepared to give up his own life in exchange for the safety of the nation of Israel.

Again, one man loses by death a much-loved1359 son; another has a reprobate son alive; both equally to be pitied, though the one mourns over the death, the other over the life, of his boy.

his youngest child, a four-year-old girl whom he adored, had suddenly fallen ill and lay dying.

I am not I; pity the tale of me.

God must hate common people, because he made them so common.

Yet as I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be tilted toward the rich and powerful, God is tilted toward the underdog.

Christians get very angry toward other Christians who sin differently than they do.

When I pray for another person, I am praying for God to open my eyes so that I can see that person as God does, and then enter into the stream of love that God already directs toward that person.

Love deems this world worth rescuing.

If my activism, however well-motivated, drives out love, then I have misunderstood Jesus' gospel. I am stuck with law, not the gospel of grace.

I would far rather convey grace than explain it.

A Christian's duty, Lewis believed, is not simply to tolerate "X" but to make life with "X" an occasion to work on one's own character flaws.

No matter how much you want to respect someone's freedom (even when you consider it selfish), you still have your own pain, anger, and melancholy to contend with.

On sent que cela monte, que l'explosion de colère est proche. Il dit qu'il n'admet pas l'emploi du « on ». Quoi ? « On » va guérir ? Qui ? Elle ? Elle est malade ? C'est quoi ce besoin biscornu de s'approprier un mal qui n'est pas le sien, dont elle ne sait rien ou presque, dont elle ne mourra pas ?

Il serre la jolie poupée dans ses bras maigres, il la serre comme si sa vie en dépendait, il la serre comme il serrerait une vraie petite fille, silencieuse, tranquille et éternelle, une petite fille de l'aube et de l'orient. Son unique petite fille. La petite-fille de Monsieur Linh.

Dis Papa, c'est quoi le mal? C'est la bêtise des hommes qui parfois vont se perdre Dans de sentiers de pierre Et prennent des cailloux pour les lancer en l'air

When I see a dead bird," Hans Dorfer said to me, "and I pick it up in my hand, tears come into my eyes. I can't make them not come. Nothing can justify the death of a bird. But if my father croaked all of a sudden, right here, right next to me, I swear I'd dance around the table and buy you a drink. I swear.

La vie, la vie la vie n'est pas comme les livres, elle peut être bien belle, même et parfois elle n'est pas toute rose, mais changer de couleur ne la rend pas meilleure. Aime-toi comme tu es, aime les autres comme ils sont. En vérité, mon si joli garçon, ce pourrait être cela la leçon.

Maupassant is a man of mitigating circumstances, the lawyer who can bring the jurors around by demonstrating that they too could have committed such a crime. We are all murderers.

Therefore my advice would encompass the following nine commandments: Do not get used to a sole body language. Do not establish a doctrine. Surprise yourself. Dream in a loud voice. Invent. Keep diligent, mysterious and secret. Have a just and generous heart. Compassion, yes; but no remorse. Acquire a thirst for excellence.

Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.