Quotes About Compassion

people will show you their good side. Almost everybody has a good side. Just keep waiting. It will come out.

S HOWING GRATITUDE is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other.

Almost everybody has a good side.

People are more important then thing.

People are more important then things.

Just because you're in the driver's seat," he'd say, "doesn't mean you have to run people over.

This student's eyes widened. "I admit it," I told him. "I'm a recovering jerk. And that gives me the moral authority to tell you that you can be a recovering jerk, too." For

While I could easily feel sorry for myself, that wouldn't do them, or me, any good.

I always liked telling my students: "Go out do for others what somebody did for you

People are more important than things. A car, even a pristine gem like my new convertible, was just a thing.

The giant stuffed animals all found homes quickly. A few days later, I learned that one of the animals had been taken by a Carnegie Mellon who, like me, has cancer. After the lecture, she walked up and selected the giant elephant. I love the symbolism of that. She got the elephant in the room.

Shalom is not a utopian destination; it is a constant journey.

Shalom is communal, holistic, and tangible. There is no private or partial shalom. The whole community must have shalom or no one has shalom. As long as there are hungry people in a community that is well fed, there can be no shalom. . . . Shalom is not for the many, while a few suffer; nor is it for the few while many suffer. It must be available for everyone.

God commands both individuals and the society in which they live to be generous and always take care of the poor. In such a community, shalom has a chance to thrive. In such a community, God will actually be glad to assign his name and dwell.

Prejudice makes prisoners of both the hated and the hater.

Don't offend the gays and don't inflame the homophobes. These were the twin horns on which the handling of this epidemic would be torn from the first day of the epidemic. Inspired by the best intentions, such arguments paved the road toward the destination good intentions inevitably lead.

On June 21, AIDS patients at George Washington University Hospital opened their eyes to see a woman in a white linen gown moving among them. She wore no mask or gloves and was not afraid to approach their beds and ask the young men about their illness. Mother Teresa came to visit the AIDS patients directly from the White House, where President Reagan, who had yet to acknowledge the disease, had awarded her the Medal of Freedom.

and that it would come here too. Paul

When a London gay switchboard's lines broke down because they were so overwhelmed with AIDS calls, telephone company employees refused to fix them because they were afraid of contracting AIDS through the wiring.

Then I'm okay with it, Leslie. It's part of who you are and therefore part of the person I love.

Work hard, pay your own way, and you'll never owe anyone anything but kindness.

People can be, or can pose as, the enemies of God, but God will never be the enemy of any person. It is the terrible advantage children sometimes have over their fathers (and mothers).

Elderly people reach out and hold the hand of people who speak to them. Imagine holding hands while we argue. Our life will be different.

Size does matter: Try to surround yourself with people who are blessed with a big heart.