Quotes About Compassion

Indeed, the path to a life without empathy is a long and painful one, full of bartered humanity sold at a steep discount.

Syl was silent for a moment. "Do you want to be a miracle?" "No," Kaladin whispered. "But for them, I will be.

Never ask of your men a sacrifice you wouldn't make yourself. Never make them fight in conditions you would refuse to fight in yourself. Never ask a man to perform an act you wouldn't soil your own hands doing.

I'm sorry I drove you to suicide. Here's some bread.

No man can judge another man's heart or trials, for no man can truly know them.

The truth is, most people who do what you'd call 'wrong' do it for what they call 'right' reasons.

not—you optimists just can't understand that a depressed person doesn't want you to try and cheer them up. It makes us sick.

It hadn't been for the money, the fame, or even—as most suspected—for revenge. Kelsier knew Mare's heart. He'd known that she dreamed of days when plants flourished and the sky was not red.

Well, not on Lopen's watch. You didn't let your friends drown in nameless oceans during a frigid storm. That was, sure, basic friendship rules right there.

He is a good man—despite it all, he is a good man. A sacrificing man. In truth, all of his actions—all of the deaths, destructions, and pains that he has caused—have hurt him deeply. All of these things were, in truth, a kind of sacrifice for him.

Why do they treat us so, Moash? Because they know they should be better than they are. Because they see discipline in bridgemen, and it embarrasses them. Rather than bettering themselves, they take the easier road of jeering at us.

If there is a god, then I think we could find him in the way we care about one another.

Sometimes we must fall, sometimes we will rise—some must be hurt while others have fortune, for that is the only way we can learn to rely on one another.

Brightness Sylphrena. No man can judge another man's heart or trials, for no man can truly know them.

you don't understand a man until you understand what makes him do what he does. Every man is a hero in his own story, Princess.

Siz iyimserler, bunal?ml? bir insan?n onu neÅŸelendirmeye çal??man?z? istemediÄŸini anlayam?yorsunuz. Bu bizi hasta ediyor.

Es un error habitual suponer que alguien es débil porque se muestra servicial. Si opináis así, es muy posible que seáis la clase de persona que no tiene ni idea de la cantidad de aguante, la cantidad de fuerza, que requiere soportar vuestras idioteces

It's all right to celebrate. Even if things are terrible in the world, it's all right.

Love wasn't about being right or wrong, but about standing up and helping when your partner's back was bowed. He would likely do the same for her someday.

You don't have to believe in my miracles. You can call them accidents or coincidences, if you must. But don't pity me for my faith. And don't premuse that you're better, just because you believe something different.

before thousands upon thousands of people suffer.

There is no only when it comes to goodness and joy. The smallest amount is as large as the universe, and one boy saved from a pit is a precious work beyond that of any king's treasury.

Encuentra el equilibrio —le había dicho Sagaz—. Acepta el dolor, pero no aceptes que lo merecías.»

My father used to say that there are two kinds of people in the world," Kaladin whispered, voice raspy. "He said there are those who take lives. And there are those who save lives.