Quotes About Compassion

There was bread enough for us in the army, on the front line. We were fed by the Russian people. And no one had to teach them how to do it." "You're right there," said the economist. "What matters is that we're Russians. Yes, Russians—that's quite something." The inspector smiled and winked at his companion. It was as if he were saying those well-known words: "The Russian is the elder brother, the first among equals.

Shargorodsky was a very gentle man, and quite helpless in any practical matter. He was the sort of man about whom people say, 'He's got the soul of a child,' or 'He's as kind as an angel.' And yet he could walk straight past a hungry child or a ragged old woman begging for crusts, feeling quite indifferent, still muttering his favourite lines of poetry.

If everyone had two little apple trees like this, I believe there'd be no need for wars. Fascism would be impotent. These knobbly little branches are like honest arms and hands. They could save the world from war, savagery and disaster.

When we look one another in the face, we're neither of us just looking at a face we hate - no, we're gazing into a mirror... Do you really not recognize yourselves into us...? (In The Testaments, Margaret Atwood)

Finally she put two tins of sprats and a packet of sweets on the table and asked him to give the other patients the presents she had brought for her son.

Until the neglected and the rejected are accepted and respected, there's gonna be no damn peace . . . nowhere! Only a tree will stand still while it's being chopped down.

Ignorance of ourselves is another reason for forgiving others. Unfortunately it is ourselves we know least; our neighbor's sins, weaknesses, and failures we know a thousand times better than our own. Criticism of others may be bad, but it is want of self-criticism which is worse.

One day a woman went to the saintly Father John Vianney, the Curé of Ars, in France, and said, "My husband has not been to the sacraments or to Mass for years. He has been unfaithful, wicked, and unjust. He has just fallen from a bridge and was drowned —a double death of body and soul." The Curé answered, "Madam, there is a short distance between the bridge and the water, and it is that distance which forbids you to judge.

Non ignara mali, miseris succurrere disco. Unglück lehrte mich, den Unglücklichen zu helfen.

When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.

I'm serious, now let me know every time you see her cry. The thought brings me great joy. Hope.

To the Dalai Lama, suffering and adversity are the necessary conditions for developing patience and tolerance. These qualities are vital if we want to reduce negative emotions like hatred or anger. When things go well, we have less need to be patient and forgiving. It's only when we come across problems, when we suffer, that we truly learn these virtues. Once we internalize them, compassion flows naturally.

The clever globe-trotting fox learns many things about the world, the local burrowing hedgehog only one: the essential truth that people are people, and learning how to understand and serve them begins at home with those one sees and speaks with face to face.

Bun?tatea uman? poate fi g?sit? în orice grup, chiar È™i în cele pe care e uÈ™or s? le condamni în întregul lor.

Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved.

We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread.

La locomotora sonó con un aire misterioso, como un lamento de compasión por el cargamento destinado a la desgracia.

There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.

And remember, the truth that once was spoken: To love another person is to see the face of God.

If people did not love one another, I really don't see what use there would be in having any spring.

What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!

If the soul is left in darkness, sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness. (Monseigneur Bienvenu in _Les Miserables_)

As with stomachs, we should pity minds that do not eat.

mothers are often fondest of the child which has caused them the greatest pain.