Quotes About Compassion

Tell me where to sing to solve the world's problems and I'll go.

People are not problems to be solved. They are mysteries to be explored.

A lot of medical problems are solved if doctors are nice to patients. If you can make them think positive, you may not need medication.

I am not averse to the idea of being in a relationship. In fact, I think everything in this world can be solved through love.

I love people and I love problem solving.

People are still thinking of solving problems by violence and war, and that has to stop.

I remember, when I lived in a refugee camp, it was the people who weren't Somali, the people who came from Western countries, who helped the most. I remember being six and thinking, 'I want to be one of those women,' because I knew how much they helped us.

The Somali people deserve the kind of life we have here in the United States.

The house I was born in in Somalia was right next to a big market. A lot of beggars or panhandlers would be in front of our house constantly, and my grandfather and grandmother would always invite them in to have food with us and have them take whatever was left over.

Going into Somalia, I didn't anticipate how many people's lives would be affected by it. In hindsight, I certainly wish I had taken more time to think about that, but I can't change it.

As human beings we have the most extraordinary capacity for evil. We can perpetrate some of the most horrendous atrocities.

Everybody has a heart. Except some people.

I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.

I am hurt that some people criticise very harshly without even realising the hardships which we go through.

Some people call God, some people call Allah; I want to see the fruit of the love, I want to see the love, the love to help the brothers who may not be as fortunate as us.

Sometimes, you have to remind yourself that some people are just trying to find something to eat.

The poor are discussed as this homogeneous mash, like porridge. The idea that they might be individuals, and be where they are for very different, diverse reasons, again seems to escape some people.

Growing up during the Depression, we didn't have much, but we had each other, we had our friends, and that was pretty much all we needed. I was aware that some people had more, but those who did, shared.

I regret the times I've been mean to people... It's fine to pick on people who can defend themselves and deserve it. Some people don't deserve to be picked on who I picked on, so I don't do it anymore.

Some people seem to see compassion as being mushy.

Some people aren't great with babies, or they're not great with a smaller child - it's not that they're bad mothers.

My friend had a funny remark; he told me everybody has something - some people have a big butt, some people are insecure and at least you know what it is, even if it's a lump on your head. I know I have a lump on my head.

There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other.

We only do harm to ourselves when we harbor resentment and vitriol toward another. I do believe that everything is forgivable; some things are inexcusable but forgivable.