Quotes About Compassion

As a matter of fact, we are none of us above criticism; so let us bear with each other's faults.

Oh, I see;" said the Tin Woodman. "But, after all, brains are not the best things in the world." Have you any?" enquired the Scarecrow. No, my head is quite empty," answered the Woodman; "but once I had brains, and a heart also; so, having tried them both, I should much rather have a heart.

You people with hearts,' he said once, 'have something to guide you, and need never do wrong; but I have no heart, and so I must be very careful.

May no gift be too small to give, nor too simple to receive, which is wrapped in thoughtfulness, and tied with love.

To love in spite of all is the secret of greatness. And may very well be the greatest secret in this universe.

The hurt that troubled children create is never greater than the hurt they feel.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own. H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

When all our hopes are gone, It is best our hands keep toiling on For others' sake: For strength to bear is found in duty done; And he is best indeed who learns to make The joy of others cure his own heartache.

Sorrow reveals unknown depths of the soul, and unknown capacities for suffering and service.

The heart that serves, and loves, and clings, Hears everywhere the rush of angel wings.

Love cannot obtain when you receive it. Is obtained when you give.

The meaning of life is not to be loved, but to love.

The true good deeds are performed in silence.

He put an arm around his brother to help him up. And then, for a moment, he just held on.

Very touching. Do you want me to imitate a violin?

Keller couldn't form any words for a moment. Then she said, "Galen? When you choose a form, choose something gentle." I thought you thought everybody had to be a fighter." He said. Some people shouldnt have to be.

I'm sorry Elena. I know that you want to help, but put yourself in her shoes, everything that happened tonight was to save you and that's OK because she loves you so much. But somehow she's always the one who gets hurt.

I'm sorry you grew up around ugly people" - Diana

do no harm. help when you can. return good for evil.

She knew, then, that it had not been hatred that had made him avoid her for so long. No, it had not been hatred at all.

I would have understood if they had killed him.

What kind of world is it that lets a thing like that happen? That lets a girl like Sue get murdered for kicks, or kids in Afghanistan starve, or baby seals get skinned alive? -Matt Honeycutt

Help when you can. Shelter when you have room. Guide when you know where to go, and be patient with the slow.

The world is filled with humans, and as soon as one dies, another appears. What does it matter if I relieve one wretched soul of its misery?