Quotes About Compassion

For the first time I envisaged the idea that we - that is, our family - were not the only people in the world, that not every conceivable interest was centered in ourselves but that there existed another life - that of people who had nothing in common with us, cared nothing for us, had no idea of our existence even. I must have known all this before but I had not known it as I did now - I had not realized it; I had not felt it.

It's really ludicrous; her object is doing good; she a Christian, yet she's always angry; and she always has enemies, and always enemies in the name of Christianity and doing good.

Now that Vronsky had deceived her, she was prepared to love Levin and to hate Vronsky.

Love hinders death. Love is life. Anything at all that I understand, I understand only because I love. Everything is - everything exists - only because I love.

In order to forgive, one must have lived through what I have lived through, and may God spare her that.

Here's what the happiness is: it's living for the others.

In order not to give myself up to the desire to kill him on the spot, I felt compelled to treat him cordially.

Praštati ne zna?i samo re?i: praštam, nego iš?upati iz srca srdnju, zlo ose?anje prema onom ko nas je uvredio. A da to u?inimo, treba samo da se setimo svojih greha; a kad se njih setimo, zacelo ?emo na?i u sebi još gorih stvari nego što su one zbog kojih se srdimo.

Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also; and if any man take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also,

Yes, man is much worse than the animal when he does not live like a man.

It never occurred to my mind that possibly poor Ilinka was suffering far less from bodily pain than from the thought that five companions for whom he may have felt a genuine liking had, for no reason at all, combined to hurt and humiliate him.

Now she knew all of them as people know one another in a country town; she knew their habits and weaknesses, and where the shoe pinched each one of them.

Everyone wants to change humanity, but no one is willing to change themselves.

Ah, don't grieve, little falcon,' he said with that tenderly melodious gentleness with which old Russian women speak. 'Don't grieve, little friend: you suffer an hour, you live an age! So it is, my dear. And we live here, thank God, with no offense. There's bad people, and there's good

All men love live not by what they may intend for their own well-being, but by the love that dwells in others.

Kind people help each other even without noticing that they are doing so, and evil people act against each other on purpose. —CHINESE PROVERB

All men live not by what they intend for their own well being, but by the love that dwells in others.

There is only one thing in this world which is worth dedicating all your life. This is creating more love among people and destroying barriers which exist between them.

I love you all, and have done no harm to anyone; and what have you done to me?'—said her charming, pathetic, dead face.

When the suffering of another creature causes you to feel pain, do not submit to the initial desire to flee from the suffering one, but on the contrary, come closer, as close as you can to him who suffers, and try to help him.

Ayaklar?n? indirdi, kolunun üzerine yan yatt? ve birden kendine ac?maya ba?lad?. Gerasim'in biti?ik odaya geçmesini bekledi, sonra kendini b?rakt? ve çocuklar gibi a?lamaya ba?lad?. Umars?zl???na, korkunç yaln?zl???na, insanlar?n ac?mas?zl???na, Tanr?'n?n ac?mas?zl???na, Tanr?'n?n yoklu?una a?l?yordu.

Tell your wife that I love her as before, and if she cannot forgive me my situation, I wish her never to forgive me. In order to forgive, one must have lived through what I have lived through, and may God spare her that.

The only certain happiness in life is to live for others.

On the contrary one must try to make one's life as pleasant as possible. I'm alive, that's not my fault, so I must live out my live the best I can, without hurting others.