Quotes About Compassion

Only if we can understand, can we care. Only if we care, will we help. Only if we help, shall all be saved.

using our powerful intellect to recognize the consequences of our actions and to think of the well-being of the whole.

She said there's always beauty, even when there's pain and suffering. She learned not to hide from the darkness, just not to get lost in it.

And there's another thing, Doug. Just as only we are capable of true evil," Jane said, "I think only we are capable of true altruism.

that she suddenly understood how a sense of compassion for the victims of oppression can lead to a hatred of the oppressor—and there you have a recipe for reciprocal violence and internecine war like in Rwanda and Burundi.

Are you saying we have to find a way of forgiving the oppressor?" I asked, somewhat suspect of this ability to forgive or have compassion for the oppressor.

The forces raging around us—greed, corruption, hatred, blind prejudice—are ones we might be foolish to think we can overcome. It's understandable

guess the depth of our grief is a reminder of the depth of our love.

school shootings, gang warfare, domestic violence, and racism and sexism. How can you possibly be hopeful for the

We need a new universal moral code.

Later Rick was interviewed. 'You must have known it was dangerous—why did you do it?' he was asked. 'Well, you see, I happened to look into his eyes, and it was like looking into the eyes of a man,' he said. 'And the message was, "Won't anybody help me?" That same look in the eyes of the vulnerable and oppressed people that has appealed to human altruism led to so many heroic acts.

I think humanity at least has a shared understanding of what justice means.

First—we must alleviate poverty.

Yes, I've found that stories reach the heart better than any facts or figures.

The program—which is all about taking care of people so they are better able to care for

How addressing human injustices like poverty and gender oppression makes us better able to create hope for people and the environment. Our

those who bother to get under the layers of fat know that not only does there beat a heart of gold, I'm also bloody good fun to be around, providing I'm in the right mood. But nobody really bothers to look for that, nobody really bothers to look beneath the surface appearance.

Love is love, Nell, in whatever form or shape it comes and those of us who have found it must not let anything get in the way.

If you want to talk about it with someone, then I`m happy to listen, or try and help, but you should only tell me if you want to.

trust a man who doesn't like children or animals

Alanna always says fine, even when Gabby can see the day hasn't been

Everyone wants to help, she spat.

I think the greatest gifts we can give each other in a relationship are the gifts of kindness and communication.

In my simple, post-natal frame of mind, I was convinced that if the world were to be run by the mothers of newborn babies rather than hardened old men inciting brash youths to violence, wars would cease overnight.