Quotes About Compassion

We are so good at killing each other, she thought. Yet we fail so miserably at love.

Maura moved quietly to the alcove. There she lit three candles for three women. One for Sister Ursula. One for Sister Camille. And one for a faceless leper whose name she would never know. She did not believe in heaven or hell; she was not even sure she believed in the eternal soul.

Kalp meselelerinde, ?st?rap refakat bulmaya can atar.

But if you get hurt, you're not the only one who bleeds, Jane. I do, too.

Why was it always women who had to do the forgiving? she'd wondered.

Angela Rizzoli's worst fear was that someone, someday, would leave her house hungry.

And he took the man's hand.

Gradually the beep of the EKG slowed. Against the steady rhythm of that heartbeat, the two women gazed at each other. If Catherine had recognized a part of herself in Nina's eyes, so, too, did Nina seem to recognize herself in Catherine's. The silent sisterhood of victims. There are more of us than anyone will ever know.  

Think about others worse off than you. At least you have a family, at least there is a roof over your head.' And do you know what she said to me? 'Why should I be content with what I have? What is wrong with reaching higher

Mama does not like to make too many waves in the ocean. She told us it is important to be good to one another, especially now. She said the time has come when we must each lean on the other, so it is important to have patience.

To love without knowing how to love wounds the person we love.

Understanding someone's suffering is the best gift you can give another person. Understanding is love's other name. If you don't understand, you can't love.

A true partner or friend is one who encourages you to look deep inside yourself for the beauty and love you've been seeking.

To take good care of ourselves, we must go back and take care of the wounded child inside of us. You have to practice going back to your wounded child every day. You have to embrace him or her terderly, like a big brother or a big sister. You have to talk to him, talk to her. And you can write a letter to the Little child in you, of two or three pages, to that you recognize his or her presence, and will do everything you can to heal his or her wounds.

You do not need to waste your time doing those things that are unnecessary and trifling. You do not have to be rich. You do not need to seek fame or power. What you need is freedom, solidity, peace and joy. You need the time and energy to be able to share these things with others.

Other people's actions are the result of their own pain and not the result of any intention to hurt you.

the art of happiness is also the art of suffering well.

Some people do not even want to look at a person when the person is alive, but when the person dies they write eloquent obituaries and make offerings of flowers. At that point the person has died and cannot really enjoy the fragrance of the flowers anymore. If we really understood and remembered that life was impermanent, we would do everything we could to make the other person happy right here and right now.

When a person's speech is full of anger, it is because he or she suffers deeply.

When we recognize that we have a habit of replaying old events and reacting to new events as if they were the old ones, we can begin to notice when that habit energy comes up. We can then gently remind ourselves that we have another choice. We can look at the moment as it is, a fresh moment, and leave the past for a time when we can look at it compassionately.

In true love, there is no pride.

Often, we get crushes on others not because we truly love and understand them, but to distract ourselves from our suffering. When we learn to love and understand ourselves and have true compassion for ourselves, then we can truly love and understand another person.

The more you understand, the more you love; the more you love, the more you understand.

The first definition of love is to be there. This is a practice. How can you love if you are not there? In order to love you have to be there, body and mind united. A true lover knows that the practice of mindfulness is the foundation of true love.