Quotes About Compassion

I have seen and endured the sufferings of the troops, and I can no longer be a party to prolong these sufferings for ends which I believe to be evil and unjust.

Everybody is probably guilty of something. I'm sure that if anyone looked into my heart long enough, they could say, you know, 'Bill had some unkind thoughts back in second grade.'

People who are mean or unkind or rigid - think about it - cannot laugh at themselves. If we can't laugh at ourselves and the human condition, we're going to be mean.

I don't think I'm an unkind person, I don't think my books are unkind, and I don't think my readers are unkind.

There was one thing my daddy wouldn't tolerate in any shape, form or fashion, and that was being unkind or rude to somebody. That was just very important to my folks. And as it turns out, that was a legacy that he left me that money can't buy, is how to be able to treat people.

You have this one life. If you keep being selfish and unkind, it's going to come back to you.

It blows my mind that anyone could be unkind to anyone.

Divorce isn't the child's fault. Don't say anything unkind about your ex to the child, because you're really just hurting the child.

People who are mean or unkind or rigid - think about it - cannot laugh at themselves.

I can be unkind to someone in the street or in the subway - I'm a bad-tempered person - but I'm unable to be unkind to a character. They exist because of me, and I have responsibility for them.

To be unkind to anyone. There's no room for that. Not on my watch.

One of the many things I regret is that I hurt so many people by giving them nasty nicknames, and above all that I was unkind to the children of celebrities.

You can be funny about your kids without being unkind.

Carelessness makes me cross. And unkindness.

Harshness and unkindness are relative. The appearance of them may be the fruits of the greatest kindness.

Unkindness is quite a major sin.

I dislike hatred, offence, unkindness.

I have been deeply touched by the many telegrams, cables and letters that have come to my bedside. It is wonderful to know that I have so many friends and well-wishers both among those it has been my privilege to meet and among the loyal unknown thousands who have seen me on the screen and whom I have never seen at all.

Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who feels what is happening. Unless one has placed oneself on the side of the oppressed, to feel with them, one cannot understand.

I never sympathise with the accused unless there's a chance the accused is not guilty, but I certainly don't ever sympathise with the criminal.

Even a poor man doesn't ask alms unless he sees you have the ability to give.

There is no detachment where there is no pain. And there is no pain endured without hatred or lying unless detachment is present too.

You will not be satisfied unless you are contributing something to or for the benefit of others.

Don't yell at people. Stand up for what's right. Put yourself in the other persons place. Respect women. Don't take no for an answer. Laugh at yourself. Don't believe what you are told. Fall in love.