Quotes About Compassion

And in my dream, if the fathers and mothers loved their sons and daughters and sang to them in their cradles, they made a good country, and if they didn't, they made a tyranny, so whether existence is a bloodbath or a bubble bath could hinge on whether a little child got kissed good night with a story and a glass of water or sent to bed without snuggles or a snack or a cohesive philosophy of justice.

How dare they speak so unkindly of stories? Stories never did anything to them! Stories are only here to love you and look after you and show you a good time… Stories don't even ask anything in return but not to have grape juice spilled on them, and, every once in a while, to be thought of fondly, years and years after you shut their covers.

She listens, and I wish I could give her a little gold trophy for it, but I can't, because of all the things Fuckwits gave trophies for, they never thought listening like nothing exists but time and words was half as important as losing a volleyball tournament.

A basic moral imperative is in play here. If you can protect a child, you must.

love may unclose itself between any number of seemingly upside-down and turned-around folk.

You can't blame a book for its story.

Can you imagine what it would do to a person, to know that they were standing between three people and that marrow-deep, desperate need?

Oh!" cried the young man. "A little deaf child! How sweet! We should adopt her and teach her to write symphonies. She'll be all the rage in town. I'll buy her a powdered wig and a tricorne!

12. Suffering of any kind is and shall be considered - contraband.

An alien, speaking of humans:) "Quite frankly, Mr. Rogers notwithstanding, you're a mess.

And feeling someone else's feelings...' Never replied softly. 'It's still lonely, but it's so much bigger than lonely. It's not hitting five people or one with the trolley but flying it off the tracks into the stars and sparing them all.

They want only their private toys and candies, and will not share.

You can't stop people being assholes. They do love it so. The best you can hope for is that some people, sometimes, will turn out to be somewhat less than the absolute worst. When they manage to trip and fall over that incredibly low bar, they'll make you want to end it all. But when they leap over it, they'll make you believe this whole mess really was created for a reason—the bastards.

We may also take a moment to feel a little sorry for her, for having a heart leads to the peculiar griefs of the grown.

A miracle is a single mom who works two jobs to care for her kids and still helps them with their homework at night. A miracle is a child donating all the money in their piggy bank to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. That's where you'll find the hand and face of God.

Justice is getting what you deserve. Mercy is not getting what you deserve. And grace is getting what you absolutely don't deserve. ...... benign good will. unprovoked compassion. the unearnable gift

I used to think a drug addict was someone who lived on the far edges of society. Wild-eyed, shaven-headed and living in a filthy squat. That was until I became one...

There are three things that it is never too late to say: Thank you, I'm Sorry, and I love You.

Of course, my children were horrified that Oskar had been abused, although they weren't wholly surprised. Having grown up with fostering, they could often spot the signs when a child was harbouring a dark secret, just as I could. Fostering had taught us that evil things do happen and they're not just horror stories in the news.

Acknowledging pain, disappointment and suffering is part of the healing process.

How can we come to church and sing our hymns and pray our prayers and spit on the very creation God made above every other living thing on this earth?

What worried him most was something Dietrich had mentioned observing during his visit to America—the way Americans treated Negroes. Not so different in some ways than German citizens treated Jews at the beginning. If Americans treat our citizens in such a way, will they step up to the plate to protect their own or the world's Jews? He wasn't sure.

You don't have to put yourself on fire to keep somebody else warm.

In other words, can I apologize without demanding your forgiveness?