Quotes About Compassion

If man is not to stifle his human feelings, he must practice kindness towards animals, for he who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

Gustavo Solivellas dice: El que es cruel con los animales se endurece también en su trato con los hombres. Podemos juzgar el corazón de un hombre por su tratamiento de los animales (Immanuel Kant)

L'uomo deve mostrare bontà di cuore verso gli animali, perché chi usa essere crudele verso di essi è altrettanto insensibile verso gli uomini.

Puoi conoscere il cuore di un uomo già dal modo in cui egli tratta le bestie.

Beneath the instinct to fight there lurks a diviner instinct to love.

the feeling of distress is the root of benevolence, therefore a benevolent man is ever mindful of those who are suffering and in distress.

If I have a care in the world, I have a gift to give.

If I have a care in the world I have a gift to bring (Emily Saliers)

Sometimes, all you can do for a person is be there. Just don't let them convince you that they don't need you. They do. And they will.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. – Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama

When the hurt is so big and so seemingly endless, the only thing that will ever get us through is love.

I want to be here for you. Whatever it is you need. Just call me and I'll come.

Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty." ? Mother Teresa

Most important quality in the man of your dreams? No, my dears, it isn't great hair. Or even killer abs. In my book, it's selflessness. Give me a man who puts others before himself, and that's a man I'll keep.

How tolerable misfortunes appear when they affect only other people! How strong the human body seems when it's another man's flesh that bleeds! How easy it is to look death in the face when it's another man's turn!

Barna står ved kirkeporten. Gå og hent dem der. De som har mistet barna sine, kan gå og hente dem ved kirken.

I swear here and now never again to take out my bitterness, no matter how justifiable, on a group of people, whatever their race, religion, convictions, prejudices, errors. I feel sorry for these poor children.

Hun likte å le, og hun syntes synd på folk - Dickens-siden ved deg, vesle mor, pleide han å si.

Could you please find out if it would be possible for me to be exchanged for my wife—I would perhaps be more useful in her place and she would be better off here. If this is impossible, maybe I could be taken to her—we would be better off together.

En el fondo, todos juzgamos a los demás según nuestro propio corazón. El avaro cree que a todo el mundo lo mueve el interés; el lujurioso, el deseo, y así sucesivamente.

For there comes a time in life when the pity previously reserved only for children takes on a different form, a time when we study the faces of 'old people' and sense that one day we will be just like them. And that is the moment when early childhood comes to an end.

They're overexcited, that's obvious. Admirably disciplined and, I think, no rebellion in their hearts. I swear here and now never again to take out my bitterness, no matter how justifiable, on a group of people, whatever their race, religion, convictions, prejudices, errors. I feel sorry for these poor children. But I cannot forgive certain individuals, those who reject me, those who coldly abandon us, those who are prepared to stab you in the back.

SimÈ›ea mil? de tovar??ii lui de suferin??, dar o mil? lucid? È™i rece. La urma urmelor, aceste mari migraÈ›ii umane p?reau dictate de legi ale naturii, îÈ™i zicea el. Deplas?ri periodice de mase considerabile erau probabil necesare popoarelor, cum e transhumanÈ›a pentru oi. În mod straniu, ideea îl înt?rea.

Come sempre, quando si attende la morte di qualcuno che non è necessario alla propria esistenza, al proprio respiro, si pensa più a se stessi che alla persona in fin di vita.