Quotes About Compassion

You get somebody to crack a smile, that's a beautiful thing.

He believed fully that whatever suffering we experience is due to our own doing, and not due to a divine hand. Therefore, the pacification of suffering is also in our own hands. This was his idea of karma.

What we do as individuals in daily life will affect not just us but other people, the world at large, and even the universe. At

The secret to winning this culture game is to treat others how they want to be treated, not how you would want to be treated.

Social awareness is your ability to accurately pick up on emotions in other people and understand what is really going on with them.

It's the best thing in the world to save a life, no matter whose it is.

Learning to live with wounded places is a mission threaded with find¬ing and making beauty. If I'm open to the likelihood of it, I can always find beauty under any circumstances, whether it's in a kindly gesture from a stranger or the first shoot of greenery shoving up through the waste of a calamitous event. Beauty is the antidote to grief and despair, and it is the one sure thing I can bring to bear when I confront a place that has fallen on hard times.

but is it not heartening to know that so many are willing to fight for the good? Think of that young librarian, Sophie, who made certain you escaped. Think of S.Q., who risked my brother's wrath to make me more comfortable. Think of Captain Noland, and Joe Shooter, and all the others – even strangers – who were prepared to sacrifice their safety, perhaps even their lives, on our behalf. That's something, is it not?

Poor Kate," said Constance, "she's lost her marbles.

Reynie's fce fell. 'It's not funny, Kate.' For a moment - a fleeting moment - Kate looked desperately sad. 'Well, of course it's not funny, Reynie Muldoon. But what do you want me to do? Cry?

So many times in life we try to protect what we value, but we are doubly blessed when we give it away. Have you given away your love today? Have you shared your faith? If not, what are you waiting for?

we should instead ask God to break our hearts with the things that break His.

When you're sick, nobody takes care of you like your mom.

I'm terribly sorry, Fergal!' 'What for? I'm beginning to feel as if it's mine, too!

learn to accept that you are going to be responsible for many of your children's tears.

Always be kind, you never know what someone is going through. Whether it's words of encouragement or simple gestures to show appreciation. Remember, all supports goes a long way. Some things may not mean much to you but the world to someone else.

Take a break and give yourself enough time to heal. You cannot allow their hurt to change you or cause you to become bitter.

More important though—live for others, just as much as for yourself. If you do that, their strength becomes, in some mysterious way, yours. There is always somebody, somewhere, who needs you. Never, for one minute, ever lose sight of that. If they are not with you, not near you now—go and find them, even if it means voyaging thousands of miles to do it.

Han: "Someone ought to make armor out of those bugs." Leia: "Han! They're sentient beings!" Han: "Fair is fair. If they get to wear it, so should we." - Han and Leia Solo

Take inventory. Invent a story about the people you have hurt. Begin with yourself.

How am I going to make friends with these people if all I can think of is how easy it would be to rob them?

Cold, truthful common sense was harder to like than warm, hopeful generosity.

He liked the idea that if either of them ever fell from grace, the other might be there to offer support.

Whoever in prayer can say, "Our Father," acknowledges and should feel the brotherhood of the whole race of mankind