Quotes About Compassion

Yet he hadn't asked for anything that he hadn't been willing to give himself. - Mahri

But : We're still human. Human because we keep on battling against all these horrors, the horrors caused and not caused by us. We battle not in order to stay alive, that would be too materalistic, for we are body and spirit, but in order to love each other.

When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sandpaper. They may scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless.

Don't blow off another's candle for it won't make yours shine brighter. - Jaachynma N.E. Agu

Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

The art of loving each other well is letting people be where they are and not trying to convince them to be where I am.

In times of deep division, great change, and never-ending brokenness, we need brave people of practice to help us keep moving forward.

Many of us were also taught that Jesus saves us from our pain and we're supposed to be "above it" instead of remembering Jesus entered pain directly—his own and the world's—to transform it.

I believe in every part of my soul that one of the most world-changing practices of love is to help create corrective experiences for people—to have them experience, in the flesh, something different than the damage they received in their family, life, or church.

A core principle in our Refuge group is that we all can be an advocate and we all need an advocate. They are not mutually exclusive.

Heroic acts aren't just about running into a burning building to save someone. It's also rising up and saying, "No, I will not let my brothers and sisters be treated this way or the community that I live in harm the vulnerable.

A core piece of the practice of failing is embracing our humanity. Owning it, leaning into it, wearing it, and remembering we are in good company with a whole bunch of other humans who are also struggling with feelings of failure.

Whether you consider yourself a follower of Jesus or not, a life of changing ourselves to change the world is going to be a bumpy, windy, weird road.

We can often become so focused on tangible care, connection, or advocacy with others that we neglect our own souls.

Though I'm vegan and advocate that others eat a plant-based diet, I know that many people aren't quite ready to take that step in whole.

Hayley was being nice. And had made a successful metaphor. Death was surely near.

It's such a gift when another person knows you through and through, brings out your best, and turns a blind eye to your worst.

Most of the time, if you treat people right, you don't have to be afraid of them.

Tell me where it hurts

Why did you have to be there? I'm so sorry. I'm so very, very sorry, Bird.

And, always, I would search for the missing children.

The world is rife with evil and misfortune, but it is also full of good people determined to right wrongs. I would not sink into sadness. I would celebrate those who refuse to give up. Those who battle to make things better.

Ryan drew in a deep breath. Let it out. Then he made a comment that melted my resentment. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that. But at times you go with your heart, not your head. I worry that one day you will pay a price. I couldn't stand it if something happened to you.

Men, I say, but better to call them human spiders that go crawling in between and under the tables with rags in their hands, ...crushed humans, Readers choice of relevant quotes about MK Gandhi and Satyagraha.