Quotes About Compassion

I give you this life for forgiveness. No death need ever be avenged. Forgiveness brings peace far more surely than vengeance.

Then Bluefur spoke: "Thistleclaw, he's only a kit. He's no threat." There was a hint of desperation in her voice.

No, they made a mistake. They were just trying to make it better. No one should have died because Leafpool's heart led her along the wrong path.

Yellowfang purred. "I know you've been up to something," she meowed. "But I won't pry. All I know is that my apprentice seems back to her old self again. Which is good, because she was no use to any cat while she was moping around like a damp mushroom!

sympathize;

With this life I give you humility.

With this life I give you compassion," she announced. "Use it well for the elders of your Clan, and the sick, and all those weaker than yourself.

Cinderpelt, are you ready to look after the wounded?

Boulder stretched out one forepaw. "I've got a thorn in it," he announced cheerfully.

Fireheart gave it a tender lick on the head and it mewled, opening its pink mouth to reveal tiny white teeth. Princess looked at Fireheart, her eyes shining. "I have brought him for you, Fireheart," she meowed softly. "I want you to take

Lostface!" Cloudtail spat suddenly. The venom in his voice startled Fireheart. "I hate that name," he hissed. "What right does Bluestar have to remind her of what happened every time a cat speaks to her? Well, I'm not going to use it again. And if Bluestar objects, she can . . . she can go and eat snails!

felt his heart begin to beat faster. Suddenly it didn't matter that she wasn't tortoiseshell, and that her eyes were pale green, not amber.

I really am only one infinitely small part of an aching humanity. It's a good thing most people bleed on the inside or this would be a gory, blood-smeared earth.

I used to think I was the only one who felt things, but I really am only one infinitely small part of an aching humanity.

If I have done anything, even a little, to help small children enjoy honest, simple pleasures, I have done a bit of good.

Forgiveness is the key to the recovery of the soul.

Madan is to me the most extraordinary person in this story, because he didn't know me at all. He didn't know my family, and he has his own family, for whom he is the sole provider. We were separated by language, by culture, by religion, by the entire breadth of this world, but bound together by a bond of common humanity. This man will never have to wonder again whether he has a brave heart.

The tears of the world are a constant quantity. For each one who begins to weep somewhere else another stops. The same is true of the laugh.

The inanimate, lifeless cloud that resembles carded cotton has of course no knowledge of us, when it comes to our aid, it is not because it takes pity on us. It cannot appear and disappear without receiving orders. Rather it acts in accordance with the orders of a most powerful and compassionate commander.

And you may not think I care for you When you know down inside That I really do

The answer to how to engage with obesity, Cahnman said, was 'an agreement of mutual respect for the common humanity of each and every one of us'. Weight stigma, he pointed out, cannot be removed except by treating individuals with obesity as normal human beings – as intelligent and capable as anyone else – and removing any sense of moral shame about their condition.

The needs of the eating disorder sufferer are like a warped version of the travails we all face when learning to eat.

The manly man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never for himself.

The strong are God's natural protectors of the weak.