Quotes About Compassion

In his attempt to frighten me, my father had made me realize that to prevent suffering a man must be capable of suffering, that a man who cannot suffer is not alive.

to prevent suffering a man must be capable of suffering, ... a man who cannot suffer is not alive.

As it was, I often looked at him and thought to myself, 'Who are you? Oh my God, what are you that you can bear even to see this? What – oh God, what are you seeing with these eyes which look at me?

It is true, you know, although I cried, oh so many times when I thought of those people they were killing, I never never knew there were children too, or even women. I, too, rationalized it I suppose; I told myself, I suppose, that we were at war and that they were killing the men;

It is never permitted to deprive members of foreign races of human rights – the right to freedom, the right to property, the right to an insoluble marriage; never is it permitted to subject anyone to [such] cruelties.…

I remember, he brushed his face with his hand and then he said, 'We are living through terrible times, my child. Before God and my conscience, if I had been in Paul's place, I would have done the same. I absolve him from all guilt.

he was a priest Ã¢â'¬Â¦ I had carried this awful thing around with me for a year, I had thought and thought and cried and worried myself sick over what would happen to my Paul, if not on earth, then after his death Ã¢â'¬Â¦ and then he, a priest, had taken it so Ã¢â'¬Â¦ not calmly, but, well, matter-of-factly.

Children have two basic needs, writes Erich Fromm in the Art of Loving: they need both milk and honey from their parents. Milk symbolizes the care given to physical needs...Honey symbolizes the sweetness of life, that special quality that makes life sing with enjoyment for all it holds. Gromm says, Most parents are capable of giving milk, but only a minority of giving honey, too. To give honey, one must love honey and have it to give.

Every child needs to see the possibilities of being human, watch the consequence of choices, and have their hearts stretched by goodness and courage in action.

those who do the world's work most dearly pay the price of the world's pain.

Quando rifletto sulla natura più intima dei miei compagni, solitamente mi trovo a desiderare di avere un piccolo talento: vorrei essere capace di guardare dentro di loro e di svelare le luci e le ombre che li muovono. Poi do una sbirciata nella giungla della mia anima e ringrazio il cielo di non saperlo fare. Un uomo a malapena in grado di mantenersi in armistizio con se stesso non ha nessun diritto di andare a ficcanasare negli animi altrui.

To the Christian, the route to a meaningful life was found in sacrificial service to others in imitation of Jesus.

One should speak truthfully; one should not get angry; when asked, one should give, even if there is just a little. With these three traits, one would go in the presence of the radiant ones.

Detestamos a los cazadores y más a los disecadores —peor que quitar la vida es conservar la muerte—.

La poesía no debe ser un arma, debe ser un abrazo, un invento, un descubrir a los demás lo que les pasa por dentro, eso, un descubrimiento, un aliento, un aditamento, un estremecimiento. La poesía debe ser obligatoria.

Niño que estás creciendo: si llegas a ser buena gente seguirás creciendo de muerto.

Debemos inquietarnos por curar las simientes, por vendar corazones y escribir el poema que a todos nos contagie.

La gente dice: pobres tiene que haber siempre. Y se quedan tan anchos, tan estrechos de miras, tan vacíos de espíritu.

Qué mal género es el género humano.

Bloody noses had made them friends, but giving sound to the bruised places in their hearts made them brothers.

She sincerely liked Mattie because unlike the others, Mattie never found the time to do jury duty on other people's lives.

They were hard-edged, soft-centered, brutally demanding, and easily pleased, these women of Brewster Place.

Empathy is the most radical of human emotions.

As Robin Morgan wrote so wisely, Hate generalizes, love specifies. That's what makes going on the road so important. It definitely specifies.