Quotes About Compassion

It's almost impossible to get the outside world to take any notice of homelessness at all.

Every time you come across someone who looks like an outsider, the best way to go about it is to open your mind a little bit. You have to try to understand somebody who isn't like you.

I have more awareness of other people and, I hope, more sensitivity to their needs. I also find that I'm more direct and outspoken.

I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.

I want to be more selfless and look outward.

For too long, humanity has acted with an outrageous lack of responsibility. We wanted everything for ourselves: greed, really. We failed to look at the overall picture and did not take into consideration those with whom we share the world.

I want that to be my overall message - that we just need to love each other. We need to love other more.

Love always overcomes hate.

The defense of our rights and our dignity, as well as efforts never to let ourselves to be overcome by the feeling of hatred - this is the road we have chosen.

The book is a dialogue between The Dalai Lama and a group of scientists about how we can better handle our destructive emotions and how to overcome them.

Real pain hurts so bad. When you've gone through something and you've overcome it, you're able to heal other people.

We've all got hurdles we have to overcome, and mine are not necessarily any bigger than anyone else's.

We need to help people of all circumstance overcome the things in their life.

Basically, I just want to talk about love and how it can overcome boundaries. I want to discuss those more universal beliefs, not more politicized ideas.

Love can overcome everything.

I think there is a complicated side effect to overcoming evil in that we are forever changed by it. I think after we ingest some of the cruelty of the world, it takes years off of our lives, but it also gives us wisdom and a little grace, hopefully a sense of compassion.

I try to find scripts of stories that kinda celebrate the human condition... let's talk about the tough world out there and the human spirit overcoming adversity.

When the heart is full, the eyes overflow.

I will overlook bad behavior if I know that people's intentions are good. I have this belief that people really can do good things and that people want to be good.

You're not going to overlook people just because of the awkwardness.

As a nurturer, I have always lived my life running for others, trying to make everyone happy, even if I often overlooked my own needs. I do it because it makes me happy and fulfilled.

I think was overly empathetic for a while in my life.

As I heard out people who had done others wrong, I'd often wonder how a human allows his or her better judgement to override their conscience. When I share these feelings with my friends, they say, 'Everyone isn't like you.' But I think it's easy to assert your better feelings and not allow the darker side to dominate your personality.

Canadians will usually give charity to those in need overseas but will ignore the people in their own backyards. It's infuriating.