Quotes About Compassion

Don't let old Whaley get you down," he answered. "She likes you OK. You're a good kid.

If you want to see the brave, look at those who can forgive. If you want to see the heroic, look at those who can love in return for hatred.

Non dobbiamo mai rimandare a più tardi quando vogliamo aiutare qualcuno.

è una ragazza virtuosa, sensata, intelligente, d'ottima educazione; una figlia devota e una perfetta padrona di casa. Solo, ogni tanto, soffre di tremendi attacchi di malinconia, di cui nessuno è mai riuscito a spiegare l'origine. Perciò vi raccomando: non meravigliatevi se improvvisamente, senza motivo, la vedete scoppiare in lacrime. Non è colpa vostra, e lei non ce l'ha con voi. Però è meglio che le giriate alla larga finché non le passa.

Just being kind, for instance. A study in New Zealand of diabetic patients in 2016 found that the proportion suffering severe complications was 40 per cent lower among patients treated by doctors rated high for compassion. As one observer put it, that is 'comparable to the benefits seen with the most intensive medical therapy for diabetes'.

People in New York go to Calcutta to get some relief from begging

I have long known that it is part of God's plan for me to spend a little time with each of the most stupid people on earth

Homo erectus was the first to hunt, the first to use fire, the first to fashion complex tools, the first to leave evidence of campsites, the first to look after the weak and frail.

There is no evidence to suggest that Charles Lindbergh would ever have countenanced atrocities. But equally, when a person speaks of the world as having too many of one kind of person, is within hailing distance of those who do.

I had never really stopped to consider what an extraordinary thing the Royal National Lifeboat Institution is. Think about it. A troubled ship calls for help, and eight people—teachers, plumbers, the guy who runs the pub—drop everything and put to sea, whatever the weather, asking no questions, to try to help strangers. Is there anything more brave and noble than that?

noticed on my city map that just up the road was the Musée International de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge (the International Museum of the Red Cross and Red Breakfast Roll), which sounded much more promising to me.

had never really stopped to consider what an extraordinary thing the Royal National Lifeboat Institution is. Think about it. A troubled ship calls for help, and eight people—teachers, plumbers, the guy who runs the pub—drop everything and put to sea, whatever the weather, asking no questions, to try to help strangers. Is there anything more brave and noble than that?

he also engaged in many charitable works, notably the building of one of the world's largest orphanages for boys (and boys alone; orphan girls would have to look elsewhere)

A study in New Zealand of diabetic patients in 2016 found that the proportion suffering severe complications was 40 percent lower among patients treated by doctors rated high for compassion.

No less pertinent is that there is just something deeply and unquestionably wrong about killing an animal that is so sweetly and dopily unassuming as a moose. I could have slain this one with a slingshot, with a rock or stick—with a folded newspaper, I'd almost bet.

Sometimes the "them" strategy is just a narcotic to feed the beast in all of us.

do as much as you can for as many as you can, every day. Even on the bad days, there's always something good you can do.

Her close-cropped hair is now completely gray. Her eyes are probing but kind.

The American dream works when our common humanity matters more than our interesting differences and when together they create endless possibilities.

If this guy ever had an unselfish thought, as my mama would say, it would die of loneliness.

Think how much more rewarding it would be if we all came to work every day asking, "Who can we help today and how can we do it?" instead of "Who can I hurt and how much coverage can I get for it?

And to the memory of my grandfather, who taught me to look up to people others looked down on, because we're not so different after all

Think of how much more rewarding it would be if we all came to work every day asking, Who can we help today and how can we do it? instead of Who can I hurt and how much coverage can I get for it?

We can not build our own future without helping others build theirs.