Quotes About Compassion

You can't always judge people by the things they done. You got to judge them by what they are doing now.

Don't say I didn't warn you. One of these days you're going to take in a stray that'll really break your heart." ~Ed

You seem to have an uncommon knowledge of young people. May I ask if you are, or have been, a teacher?" "Oh, no!" Mrs. Carey remarked with a smile, "I am just a mother,--that's all! Good night.

It is very funny, but you do not always have to see people to love them. Just think about it, and tell me if it isn't so.

The girl's eyes were soft and tender, and the heart within her stretched a little and grew - grew in sweetness and intuition and depth of feeling. It had looked into another heart, felt it beat, and heard it sigh; and that is how all hearts grow.

If we prosper only through the suffering or death of another, then that is not prosperity.

When you have a full and eager heart in you, you must not go to a man whose heart is empty and weak.

I had not realized how much anger I held against my heart for all the people who use others as nothing more than tools to build a house for themselves, who wrap chains around others and then claim they have the right and even the obligation to do so.

May my heart be kind, my mind fierce, and my spirit brave.

Only the lame could love and only the maimed could mourn

Standing in the dusk watching the great yellow eye of the tram light rushing towards her, she understood why some words were worth binding in leather and handing on. In the darkest hour, all the other humans who'd known dark hours were there with you. They'd been to the dark places before you, and they were with you now.

When a dangerous dog falls ill, who will come to help?

One of the things about being a grown-up is realizing that what you see is only a fraction of what's really happening. And you become less keen on judging people.

Sometimes people just aren't ready yet. They'll remember that you tried when they get there.

I would live in a world of Christ-like humans, but not one full of Christians, may God forgive me.

It is noble to pity a man who is cruel because he is weak, but it is idiotic and dangerous to allow him to have power.

I believe sometimes medical issues just happen--they're not cosmic tests; they're not retribution for all the naughty things you've done over a lifetime. It's not some moral righting of the universe. It's just something going wonky with the wiring...And I think God cries when we're in pain; he cries with us and he supports us. But I also believe he stands back and lets us sort things out. Lets the doctors do their work. Lets your body heal itslef.

All you have to do is forgive.

Remember that other people are as real as you.Other people's feelings are as real as yours.In fact, our feelings are what make us real.

Many things can cause us to worry, but a kind word or deed can do wonders. Sometimes that's all we need to feel better.

the bravest act of war is love.

Toddlers just 14 months old will help others by handing them out-of-reach objects, and children as young as three will share their treats with others.

hoard too—but the striking fact is that we share at all.22 Homo sapiens, it turns out, is the most cooperative species on the planet, outperforming ants, hyenas, and even the naked mole-rat when it comes to living alongside those who are beyond our next of kin.

he prayed with them up to the very gallows if he could. 'It's the duty of any half-decent clergyman to walk into Hell itself,' he used to say. 'We're needed most where God is least.