Quotes About Compassion

Im the person who cries at the drop of a hat, whos always reminding everybody to be kind, whos bringing 40 people together for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

When I see a woman who is all gaunt and emaciated, I don't think she's beautiful. She reminds me of a Chihuahua that's freezing and shaking.

Philanthropic work reminds you of everyone's common humanity, and that's really the common denominator for everyone.

'Greenleaf' never mocks religion. It reminds us that people in churches are human, and no one is perfect.

If you read about millions of people doing this and millions of people doing that, history seems remote and inaccessible.

Helping others is the key duty for everyone on this earth who is remotely capable to do so.

If we can somehow start to remove shame from struggle, if we can truly see people and care for them as our fellow human beings, we'll start to see how many of us are also fighting in our own way.

Always do good to others. Be selfless. Mentally remove everything and be free. This is divine life. This is the direct way to Moksha or salvation.

To remove ignorance is an important branch of benevolence.

If we remove ourselves from the world, we are pretending that we can follow our own individual enlightenment and let the rest of the world go to hell, so to speak.

If we remove all judgment and preconceived ideas of who a person is, the truth is, we are all blessed with the same emotions and desires.

Seeing what midwives do on a day-to-day basis - you really have this renewed respect for them.

Through love one acquires renunciation and discrimination naturally.

I lived, while 1 1/2 million Jewish children died. So I have an obligation to repair the world.

I am very grateful for the opportunities I've had and feel I have a duty to repay my good fortune through philanthropic endeavors that expand the reach of human possibility and compassion.

Ryan is an amazing person. When I was his age, I wasn't thinking about giving someone a kidney. How do you ever repay someone for something like that? You can't. It's not like borrowing $20 from someone and telling them you're going to give it back. It's something that you can never repay someone for.

We must not repeat the same mistakes, or commit the same cruelties that were done in the past.

My mother has dementia, and certain people have a short fuse with my mother and the way she is, because shes on a loop, and she repeats certain things constantly all day.

I would say that when you do something out of the goodness of your heart, and you don't know what the repercussions will be, you have to live with that. And it can be devastating. Because the intention was there.

The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.

Abortion opponents say women seek abortions in haste and confusion. Pro-choicers reply: Abortion is the most difficult, agonizing decision a woman ever makes.

Walter Cronkite was a personally decent and convivial man, who literally couldn't kill a fly, was kind to his children, generally helpful to juniors, authentically curious about the news, and, in his time, an energetic reporter.

The best crime reporters don't mind charging in - but they also know how to do it as decent human beings.

I feel like people have more in common than the news reports. People getting along doesn't sell very well in the news. I find that to be deeply depressing.