Quotes About Compassion

Whenever I see grace, I'm moved.

I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.

Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.

I early learned that it is a hard matter to convert an individual by abusing him, and that this is more often accomplished by giving credit for all the praiseworthy actions performed than by calling attention alone to all the evil done.

Great men cultivate love and only little men cherish a spirit of hatred; assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong; oppression of the unfortunate makes one weak.

The longer I live and the more experience I have of the world, the more I am convinced that, after all, the one thing that is most worth living for-and dying for, if need be-is the opportunity of making someone else more happy.

I would permit no man, no matter what his color might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.

No deep and strong feeling, such as we may come across here and there in the world, is unmixed with compassion. The more we love, the more the object of our love seems to be a victim.

In some men compassion for a woman goes beyond all conceivable limits. Their responsiveness places her in unrealizable positions, not to be found in the world, existing only in imagination, and on account of her they are jealous of the surrounding air, of the laws of nature, of the millennia that went by before her.

And if he were really to do good he would have needed in addition to his principles, a heart capable of violating them - a heart which knows only of particular not of general cases and which achieves greatness in little actions.

Happy are the downtrodden.

Thou hast spread Thy arms to embrace far too many, Flinging Thy hands out till they reach the ends of the crossbeam.

The more we love, the more the object of our love seems to us to be a victim. In the case of some men, compassion for a woman exceeds all measure and transports her to an unreal, entirely imaginary world.

Unshared happiness is not happiness.

El alma del hombre es justamente el hombre presente en los otros hombres.

Seni sevmeyene asla sab?r gösterme. Çünkü sabr?n?n ad? yüzsüzlük, fedakarl???n ad? eziklik, sevginin ad? kiÅŸiliksizlik olur.

A mí lo que me interesa no es la felicidad de todos los hombres, sino la de cada uno de ellos.

Une chèvre, sur le bord de la route, fit un signe avec ses cornes et Angel s'arrêta. Monte, dit-il à l'animal. La chèvre sauta dans la voiture et s'assit sur le plateau, derrière eux. Elles font toutes de l'auto-stop, expliqua Angel. [...]

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your arm. As you get older, remember you have another hand: the first is to help yourself, the second is to help others. —AUDREY HEPBURN

Since the moment I saw her yesterday, I've been looking through the sparkly prism of exhilaration that comes with any old flame. But now, for the first time, I'm not just seeing what I want. I'm seeing what my friend needs.

Do you not see that? That's what being family is - that's the best part - it's not tit for tat or who owes more, it's simply - when one hurts, so does the other; when one finds good, you share in that, too. That's family.

there's nothing more intimate in life than simply being understood. And understanding someone else.

It's far easier to judge others than to judge yourself.