Quotes About Compassion

This might have been a funny story if it weren't for the fact that people need a little loving and, God, sometimes it's sad all the shit they have to go through to find some.

He probably, if it's possible, would have cried even more if he had known she was sleeping alone. That would have made him feel even sadder.

To pity, without the power to relieve, is still more painful than to ask and be denied.

Being heard and understood is "one of the greatest desires of the human heart.

As Mother Teresa reminds us, "We cannot do great things on this earth. We can only do small things with great love.

Your job is to try to determine what the people in your life are trying to teach you. You'll find that if you do this, you'll be far less annoyed, bothered, and frustrated by the actions and imperfections of other people.

You'll also notice that, as you reach out and let others be "right," they will become less defensive and more loving toward you.

One of the cardinal rules of joyful living is that judging others takes a great deal of energy and, without exception, pulls you away from where you want to be.

If you want your life to stand for peace and kindness, it's helpful to do kind, peaceful things.

Seeking first to understand isn't about who's right or wrong; it is a philosophy of effective communication.

Often a single act of kindness sets a series of kind acts in motion.

My best friend, Benjamin Shield, taught me this valuable lesson. Often our inner struggles come from our tendency to jump on board someone else's problem; someone throws you a concern and you assume you must catch it, and respond.

Be the First One to Act Loving or Reach Out

You always feel good when you give to others. Rather than diluting the positive feelings by telling others about your own kindness, by keeping it to yourself you get to retain all the positive feelings.

If you want to be a more peaceful person you must understand that being right is almost never more important than allowing yourself to be happy.

Most of us spend too much time wishing that people would be other than they are.

Love your plant whether it blooms or not, whether it lives or dies.

Being listened to and heard is one of the greatest desires of the human heart.

Being listened to and heard is one of the greatest desires of the human heart. And those who learn to listen are the most loved and respected.

Without getting too psychoanalytical about it, the reason we are tempted to put others down, correct them, or show them how we're right and they're wrong is that our ego mistakenly believes that if we point out how someone else is wrong, we must be right, and therefore we will feel better.

We cannot do great things on this earth. We can only do little things with great love.

Accepting people's quirks or flaws doesn't just take changing them off your to-do list—it also gives you the time and energy to change the things you can.

Rather than diluting the positive feelings by telling others about your own kindness, by keeping it to yourself you get to retain all the positive feelings.

If we all based our love on our children's behavior, it would often be difficult to love them at all. If love were based purely on behavior, then perhaps none of us would ever have been loved as a teenager!