Quotes About Compassion

You are crying! You are afraid of me! And yet I am not really wicked. Love me and you shall see! All I wanted was to be loved for myself.

To cease from evil, to do good, and to purify the mind yourself, this is the teaching of all the Buddhas.

The fiercest fire is hatred.

when a victim tells her story and people respond with You-should-have-this or You-should-never-have-that, they are often adding to the victimization.

Worry is a cloying way to have connection with others, the idea being that to worry about someone shows love. The other side of this is the belief that not worrying about someone means you don't care about them. As many worried-about people will tell you, worry is a poor substitute for love or for taking loving action.

As long as there have been humans, they have helped each other.

Leaving traces of ourselves, as in creative productivity, could then be seen as part of the definition of consciousness for us as well. We know that in order to progress we must stretch for something just out of reach--if only for a life that will be more compassionate and decent than the cruelty, paranoia, greed, narrow corporatism, or narcissism we mostly indulge in and find such ample justification for. And so we dream.

You may not remember the time you let me go first. Or the time you dropped back to tell me it wasn't that far to go. Or the time you waited at the crossroads for me to catch up. You may not remember any of those, but I do and this is what I have to say to you: Today, no matter what it takes, we ride home together.

Ten Commandments: I asked her why she never told us about the Ten Commandments & she said she wasn't ever that good with numbers so she loved everything as best she could & I remember thinking who needs all those rules anyway with a mother like her around.

One Child: I hope it will be said we taught them to stand tall & proud, even in the face of history & the future was made new & whole for us all, one child at a time.

This used to be a mean monster until he got sick one winter with the flu & stayed in bed & watched too much Little House on the Prairie & now the littlest thing & he starts to cry.

One day, I decided to help wherever I could & it was almost like magic, because I was exactly what the world needed everywhere I went.

These are bowls filled with some kind of black goop. My friend says it's the blood from the slaughterhouse but why would they leave it where innocent people could step in it? is what I said & he said that's the way meateaters think.

You may not remember the time you let me go first. Or the time you dropped back to tell me it wasn't that far to go. Or the time you waited at the crossroads for me to catch up. You may not remember any of those, but I do and this is what I have to say to you: Today, no matter what it takes, we ride home together.

Anyone can slay a dragon ...but try waking up every morning and loving the world all over again. That's what takes a real hero.

I have failed you. You came to me asking for help with your pain, but your pain is beyond my abilities.

Venture with love and you win the battle. Defend with love and you are invulnerable.

A thou shalt not bluster the lesser, forasmuchas equilibrium aligns the once all mighty before the frail, for mercy.

Law is always better than war.

Peter's mother-in-law spoke up, "Many of you know Gessius and how Jesus healed his servant, Joram." The centurion added, "With only his words—and from a distance.

Remember how we have talked about loving the earth and all her offspring? About how humans are no more important than animals? And how we should love all living things with an equal love?" It still didn't seem right to her. He continued, "Well, if we really love all humans, and we really love all the animals, then one of the ways we show that love is through unity. That is why we call it 'making love.

Uriel looked back up from where he came and muttered, "Now that is a deep pit." "You came back for me," Noah blubbered, barely able to speak. Uriel smiled with a big grin. "You know Elohim. He hounds you until you freely obey." He had that hint of irony that Noah had learned to love so dearly. Noah burst out laughing in tears. Uriel could see that Noah was a new man. He shared the laugh with Noah, helped his weak companion to his feet, and embraced him.

My lord!" she exclaimed and began to kiss his feet. He pulled away from her, bent down, and out of earshot of his men, he whispered, "It is I who should be kissing your feet, for Yahweh has spoken to me through you when I would not listen to him in any other way. Go, my sister. Return to your husband and know that I will pray that he will be broken and repent of his mistreatment of such an excellent wife that he does not deserve.

Life is pitiless to the elderly.