Quotes About Compassion

My grandma let the dog out of the coal shed. She said my mother was cruel to lock it up. The dog was sick on the kitchen floor. My grandma locked it up again.

FRIDAY APRIL 17TH Good Friday Poor Jesus, it must have been dead awful for him. I wouldn't have had the guts to do it myself. The dog has mauled the hot-cross buns; it doesn't respect any traditions.

It's the ordinary people who will have to learn to accept us.

GOOD FRIDAY Poor Jesus, it must have been dead awful for him.

Lady Diana melted my heartstrings in her dirty white dress. She even helped an old man up the aisle. I thought it was very kind of her considering it was her wedding day. Loads of dead famous people were there. Nancy Reagan, Spike Milligan, Mark Phillips, etc., etc. The Queen looked a bit jealous. I expect it was because people weren't looking at her for a change.

There's only one thing more boring than listening to other people's dreams, and that's listening to their problems.

we all need to be loved, and we all need to love.

He answered some governors who had written to recommend an increase in the burden of provincial taxation, with: 'A good shepherd shears his flock; he does not flay them.

cause after politics economics war & illness, we still break each other's hearts - search mercy, aim compassion.

She had the gift of seeing people for who they are, I think.

And at the moment of contact, they do not know if the hand that is reaching for theirs belongs to a Hindu or Muslim or Christian or Brahmin or untouchable or whether you were born in this city or arrived only this morning or whether you live in Malabar Hill or New York or Jogeshwari; whether you're from Bombay or Mumbai or New York. All they know is that you're trying to get to the city of gold, and that's enough. Come on board, they say. We'll adjust.

It is not a Buddhist approach to say that if everyone practiced Buddhism, the world would be a better place. Wars and oppression begin from this kind of thinking.

Tell me the truth of the matter. When I don't understand, I will not protest or judge or correct, I will simply listen harder. I am here to recognize you as my fellow human being with a story.

Tell me the truth of the matter. When I don't understand, I will not protest or judge or correct, I will simply listen harder. I am here to recognize you as my fellow human being with a story.

We do not hate the person but the crime they commit and our job was to treat them as humanely as possible so they had a chance of reforming.

It's a quality of the gods To see a creature with its back broken And be unmoved.

We each need to make peace with our own memories. We have all done things that make us flinch.

Healing begins when we humble ourselves and go to one another asking for forgiveness.

If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.

808. Do not punish forgetfulness. ADHD children cannot hold rules, routines, and tasks in their minds. They forget everyday rules and tasks, even though they have been doing them for months or years. Every day is a new day in their minds, and they do not know what to do unless you tell them.

Trust me that as I ignore all law to help the slave, so will I ignore it all to protect an enslaved woman.

Actors are responsible to the people we play," Phillip Seymour Hoffman says. "You ultimately have to love who you're playing." That love is absolute and unconditional. And unconditional love leaves no room for judgment.

Consider what really makes up your self-worth—like your caring heart or your ability to stand tall in the face of adversity

What might happen if we could somehow reorient ourselves toward our more loving, bonobo side rather than our inner mad chimpanzee?