Quotes About Compassion

Does "doing exactly what I want" mean not thinking about other people's feelings? Because that's just not the kind of person I am. Maybe it can mean whatever I want it to mean, like taking care of myselfand not letting people walk over me

Teach me to feel another's woe To hide the fault I see That mercy I to others shew That mercy shew to me.95 –1787

The greatest gift you can give another person is strength.

The tragedy of puppies, taken from their families, all of them, never to see each other again. This is the sadness we inflict on the beasts we love.

Everyone in the world should read this book... We should read it to learn about the world and what it means to be human.

None of us deserve the forgiveness we've been given, either by people or by God. I have to forgive you.

So that's all right then, isn't it?" she said. "If you can't go there with them, the best you can do is to be there when they get back." She reached over and touched his cheek. "We all suffer something, don't we?" she said. "Some of us just go down harder than others.

I don't think Christmas is necessarily about things. It's about being good to one another, it's about the Christian ethic, it's about kindness.

The only thing worse than being hurt is everyone knowing that you're hurt.

about a year after that, I was invited to go to a mental hospital. And, you know, you don't want to be rude, so you go.

I wish that I could leave myself alone. I wish that I could finally feel that I punished myself enough. That I deserved time off for all my bad behavior. Let myself off the hook, drag myself off the rack where I am both torturer and torturee.

Tell the truth, be kind, all that corny stuff.

my father flew to Elizabeth's side, gradually making his way slowly to her front. He first dried her eyes with his handkerchief, then he consoled her with flowers, and he ultimately consoled her with his penis.

I don't think Christmas is necessarily about things. It's about being good to one another, it's about kindness.

I know how closely most of us tend to hold on to whatever cache of patience we've managed to amass over a lifetime and I appreciate your squandering some of your cherished stash here.

I was invited to go to a mental hospital. And you know, you don't want to be rude, so you go.

If you pass out, I'll put you in my lap and wheel you across the finish line

Hate is a useless emotion.

Zara, sympathy is just a good excuse to buy greeting cards and make sorry eyes and secretly gloat over how glad you are that you aren't the person whose crap is hanging out for everyone to see.

we all need a little bit of rescuing from time to time. It doesn't make us weak.

That Nick is a nice boy." I eyed her. "He doesn't like me." "Really? Are you trying to convince yourself or me? Because I found him pressing a bandage to your head while you were passed out drooling on the couch.

She bonks her head so hard with her hand i want to get her an ice pack

Zara White, since when has love ever not mattered?

Zara. We all need to rescue and we all need to be rescued.