Quotes About Compassion

Sarah watched the man sit alongside other homeless clients. Despite their awful circumstances, they were going on with life, getting through it as best they could.

Cuando eres malo contigo mismo te vuelves malo con todos los demás, incluso con aquellos a los que amas.

Quando sei un reietto, ti affezioni anche alle pietre che ti scagliano.

Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone … giving to people is what makes me feel alive … when I give my time … it's as close to healthy as I ever feel.

Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved

I found I could share almost anything with Reb. He had a way of looking you in the eye and making you feel the world had stopped and you were all that was in it.

But what if someone from another faith won't recognize yours? Or wants you dead for it? "That is not faith. That is hate." He sighed. "And if you ask me, God sits up there and cries when that happens

If I can't see them or hear them, how can I help them?

Collingswood

When we are most alone is when we embrace another's loneliness.

When you give, you get," he said.

Sacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to aspire to. Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. You're just passing it on to someone else.

Have you ever considered how many living things there are on earth?" Cleo asked. "People. Animals. Birds. Fish. Trees. It makes you wonder how anyone could feel lonely. Yet humans do. It's a shame." She looked to the sky, now a deep shade of purple. "We fear loneliness, Annie, but loneliness itself does not exist. It has no form. It is merely a shadow that falls over us. And just as shadows die when light changes, that sad feeling can depart once we see the truth.

That the end of loneliness is when someone needs you. And the world is so full of need.

It was so important to me, I thought it should be important to him. I thought that was love.

Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from the inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to ourselves. Forgive, Edward, forgive.

Please love one another, talk to one another, don't let trivialities dissolve friendships…

Did you know... that a dog will go to a crying human before a smiling one? Dogs get sad when people around them get sad. They're created that way. It's called empathy. Humans have it, too. But it gets blocked by other things-- ego, self-pity, thinking your own pain must be tended to first.

All right. In that final minute, I would say, 'Look, Lord, I've done X amount of good stuff on earth. I have tried to follow your teachings and to pass them on. I have loved my family. I've been part of a community. And I have been, I think, fairly good to people. "'So, Heavenly Father, for all this, what is my reward?"' And what do you think God will say? He smiled. "He'll say, 'Reward?

Religion? Government? Are we not loyal to such things, sometimes to the death? Eddie shrugged. Better, she said, to be loyal to one another.

When you're rotten about yourself, you become rotten to everyone else, even those you love.

Offering others what you have to give. I don't mean money. I mean your time. Your concern. Your storytelling. This is how you start to get respect, by offering something that you have. Devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.

Hurting ourselves to inflict pain on others is just another cry to be loved

Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. You're just passing it on to someone else." The