Quotes About Compassion

She also wondered why she wasn't able to care more about the important things happening in the world. There was the Vietnam War. She knew boys who had died, and there was always Dr. King, cold in the ground. Even though Willie Mae hadn't been bitten by a dog, she had been in Birmingham when the German shepherds were let loose. And where had Mother been when all of this was going on? She was busy learning to be a wife.

Tayari Jones

I'm bringing this up because I knew that things like this happen to people, but by people , I didn't mean us.

Maybe that's what it means to be in love, to willingly be at the mercy of another person.

I am not about to judge you. That's between you and Jesus.

It matches the capacity of evil to inflict suffering with an even more enduring capacity to absorb evil, all the while persisting in love.

So long as we hold hatred for anyone," said Mr. Chisholm, marveling at his new thoughts, "we are not men at all. We are beasts. It is against the dignity of men that we should hate. It is against the ordinances of God.

I like animals because they are not consciously cruel and don't betray each other.

We would be intolerant if we were intolerant of intolerance.

El hombre que juega con el corazón de un amigo, descubrirá pronto que está jugando con un corazón que ha muerto.

The Egyptians said that a physician could cure only if his heart was moved and his emotions engaged in behalf of a patient

Los hijos deben ser advertidos de la condición de sus semejantes, si no se quiere que mueran en cuerpo o en alma. Los judíos tienen razón cuando declaran que el hombre nace ya pervertido. Sabiendo esto, los niños podrán decirse a sí mismos: "Con la ayuda de Dios trataré de ser mejor que mis hermanos y me esforzaré en alcanzar la virtud. Es mi deber tratar de superar mi naturaleza humana".

It's a funny thing about love: you don't need to have it returned to love somebody. Loving's enough. -- A Prologue to Love

Never wanted this, never want to see you hurt.

Why you gotta be so mean?

Words can break someone into a million pieces, but they can also put them back together. I hope you use yours for good, because the only words you'll regret more than the ones left unsaid are the ones you use to intentionally hurt someone.

No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.

I've always been a hugger. If we all hugged more, the world would be a better place :)

Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.

unconditional love asks nothing, not even that it be returned.

None of us are saints, but we can all try to be better. Each time you do something generous, you're shaping yourself into someone who's more likely to be generous next time, and that matters.

True beauty is what you see with the eyes of love,

The answer was simple. It was the difference between sympathy and empathy. Carl

you couldn't ask a person to remain supportive through any crisis. If a man's wife were suddenly afflicted with a mental illness, it would be a sin for him to leave her, but a forgivable one. To stay would mean accepting a different kind of relationship, something not everyone was cut out for... 'Division by Zero