Quotes About Compassion

Rupert looked down at the little upturned face with its mass of freckles and marigold curls and a wave of tenderness for Muriel swept over him. She could so easily have wanted to choose someone of her own. "I think you're going to be absolutely beautiful," he said.

Getting even has never healed a single person.

forgiveness is not so much for the perpetrator, but for the victim.

meditate on how each of your particular faults is a direct hindrance to the unfoldment of love.

Ezar25e is a great person.

Recuerdo la nocturna procesión de niños y más niños, tan asustados, tan callados, tan bonitos. Si pudiéramos ver tan solo a uno de ellos se nos partiría el alma. En cambio a los asesinos no se les partió el alma. Más duro, sin embargo, es haberlo vivido.

If one of my boys was asking me if they should go into politics, I'd say there's only one reason to go into public life and that's to help people.

Just give and expect nothing in return, that's how love works.

We are here to help others, our success is based on our contribution to our world.

Suicide is a very selfish act—probably the most selfish thing anyone can do.

Sorry. I had an execution that ran over." Corbin frowned. "You come from executing one of my kind and act like it means nothing? Tell me, Addison, how would you feel if I said something like that to you? 'Sorry I couldn't be on time, I was draining some human dry and it took longer than I thought.

At that moment I felt truly sorry for him. He might be a big, tough alien with a super fast spaceship, but he was living on snake sandwiches, and he'd never had cheese or chocolate which are like two of the holy trinity of foods as far as I'm concerned. (Wine is the third, in case you are interested.)

Don't shame the young for releasing their pent-up fear.

My mother grew up with each of her children - whatever your age, that's the age she'd be when she listened to your stories. She never belittled our problems. It made for something permanent and reliable.

My father did a lot of disaster relief work, and he was always in places where there was a lot of pain.

I'm hoping that maybe I can be part of a disaster relief effort, something that's real life. That's kind of what I do anytime I stop working: 'OK, what's something that you've really wanted to do?'

I used to work with a relief group that took care of the people in the dump. We took them food and water and medicine and built homes and took them to church services, whatever was needed.

One is guilty of all abjection that one does not help to relieve.

Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!

The final causes, then, of compassion are to prevent and to relieve misery.

I think my politics are just inclined to be empathetic and humanistic. I grew up with so many different kinds of people with different politics, different religion, no religion, no politics, education, no education, and I was infatuated with all of them.

I have said it previously and saying it again... my government will work for betterment of all, irrespective of caste or religion.

Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.

People can be only divided into good or bad; their race, religion, nationality don't matter.