Quotes About Compassion

Think of the Christians fed to the lions because they wouldn't renounce their faith. As if their god wouldn't forgive them their desire to life?..." "Are you kidding me? You're going to blame the Christians, not the Romans? How about they just don't throw them to the goddamn lions in the first place? Don't delude yourself. You're the monster here.

But… if they'd been embraced instead, and raised with love," he said, "they wouldn't have become tormentors.

You think good people can't hate?" she asked. "You think good people don't kill?

Well. We are all children in the dark, here in Weep.

The function of hate […] was to stomp out compassion - to close a door in one's own self and forgot it was ever there.

Love is an element,

On this day, no one in the world was murdered. A lion gave birth. Ladybugs lunched on aphids. A girl in love daydreamed all morning, neglecting her chores, and wasn't even scolded.

Che cosa può fare un soldato quando la pietà è tradimento?

Don't be such a human

Barmhärtighet föder barmhärtighet, på samma sätt som blodsutgjutelse föder blodsutgjutelse Vi kan inte förvänta oss att världen blir bättre än vi gör den (s. 193).

The function of hate, as Sarai saw it, was to stamp out compassion—to close a door in one's own self and forget it was ever there. If you had hate, then you could see suffering—and cause it—and feel nothing except perhaps a sordid vindication.

These weren't her folk, but . . . they were, and maybe that meant that anyone could be anyone's, which was a sort of nice thing to think, with the world falling apart.

La clemencia engendra clemencia, igual que las masacres devienen en masacres. No podemos esperar que el mundo sea mejor de lo que lo hacemos.

Ya, ya - lo calmó fingiendo compasión-. Él no se da cuenta. Forma parte de la condición de monstruo no identificarse como tal. Es como el dragón que mientras estaba agachado en una aldea devorando doncellas escuchó a los campesinos a loa campesinos gritar: "¡Un monstruo!", y se volvió para mirar.

Posso não ter meus próprios sonhos – disse ela, como se não importasse muito –, mas tenho os sonhos de todo o mundo.

There are no poor men. Not even among the wretches

Giving and taking comfort in everything they could give and take, every part of them sought to make themselves one till it was impossible for either to know the comforter from the one being comforted.

Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand.

To live in peace we have to forgive each other and ourselves, regularly.

Perjalanan: melatih diri untuk tetap menjaga jarak seraya berbagi begitu banyak.

Nggak ada yang lebih menyedihkan di dunia ini, daripada permintaan maaf yang nggak pada tempatnya.

In the end we all must return to the earth, so is there any greater act of devotion than surrendering your entire life to it? And is there anyone more shameless than someone who kills innocent creatures?

You can't tell how heavy somebody else's load is just from looking. The Lord doesn't give us more than we can carry

Don't be so eager to judge, Suzette. You can't tell how heavy somebody else's load is just from looking.