Quotes About Compassion

I found out it's not good to talk about my troubles. Eighty percent of the people who hear them don't care and the other 20 percent are glad you're having trouble.

When I'm ready, I plan to adopt. I still believe in family.

When you hear about gay pride, do not think of the silly men in their drag queen outfits — think of kids being kicked out of their homes for something all evidence shows is genetic. Think of the higher rate of suicide, alcoholism, drug abuse among young gay people. Think of the children growing up in a church where they are taught to love God but taught that God has no place for them, no matter how good they are. It's what you do with your sexuality that makes a difference.

and I sometimes wonder if every living thing doesn't need kind words as much as sunshine and water.

She cried because Muffet loved her and because Hyacinth didn't.

Maud, listen to me. It isn't wrong to be affectionate. And it isn't funny, either.

I think that every therapist that I know, including my dad and my sister, have their own issues. But that empathy is what makes them good at their job.

True friends, regardless of their age, lift you up and make you a better person than you were before. They help make things right.

This is the thing about good and evil. They aren't so far apart - and they often start from the same valiant place of wanting something to be different.

The art of being yourself at your best is the art of unfolding your personality into the person you want to be. Be gentle with yourself, learn to love yourself, to forgive yourself, for only as we have the right attitude toward ourselves can we have the right attitude towards others. —WILFRED PETERSON

All men love a damsel in a mess.

It isn't such a bad thing to always know that someone on the other side of the world cares about you.

To listen well is to figure out what's on someone's mind and demonstrate that you care enough to want to know," states Kate Murphy in You're Not Listening: What You're Missing & Why It Matters.

Si los ángeles pueden matar, ¿por qué nosotros no podemos amar?

Para la chica del báculo, la de los ojos bonitos, la que no quiero volver a ver llorar.

Todos merecemos un final feliz.

Donde quiera que estés, Belicia, deseo que ya no sufras ni llores nunca más. Donde quiera que estés, amiga mía... hermana... deseo que encuentres la felicidad que mereces.

Estás enamorada - dijo Santiago. - No es verdad. - Claro que sí. Y sufres porque él piensa en otra persona. Créeme; sé de qué estoy hablando. - ¿De verdad? - replicó ella, irritada -. Lo dudo. No te tomas nada en serio. ¿Cómo vas a saber lo que es el amor? Se volvió para marcharse, pero Santiago la retuvo por el brazo y la miró a los ojos. - Sé de qué estoy hablando - repitió. Y Miriam lo comprendió.

Tú habrías sabido qué hacer —murmuró—. Tú comprendías a los mortales mejor que nadie. Ojalá no nos hubieses abandonado tan pronto.

Todos tenemos derecho a ser amados alguna vez.

Y quizá ese es el problema, y lo ha sido desde el principio: que te importan mucho más los monstruos que las personas. Por eso no tienes inconveniente en dejarlas atrás

No hagas a los demás lo que no te gustaría que te hicieran a ti.

Todavía seguía sin tener claro que Ahriel fuera un ángel lleno de amor y bondad, pero estaba empezando a temer que tenía la mala fortuna de destruir todo lo que tocaba, empezando por la conciencia de Marla y terminando por el mundo entero.

The beauty of the human soul Is not the pretty face. It's found within the heart and hands Of those who look — and stay.