Quotes About Compassion

Qué estoy diciendo? Estoy diciendo amor. Y cerca del amor estamos nosotros.

E foi assim que no grande parque do colégio lentamente comecei a aprender a ser amada, suportando o sacrifício de não merecer, apenas para suavizar a dor de quem não ama. Não, esse foi somente um dos motivos. É que os outros fazem outras histórias. Em algumas foi de meu coração que outras garras cheias de duro amor arrancaram a flecha farpada, e sem nojo de meu grito.

Amor será dar de presente ao outro a própria solidão? Pois é a última coisa que se pode dar de si.

Amor será dar de presente a outro a própria solidão? Pois é a coisa mais última que se pode dar de si.

Amar os outros é a única salvação individual que conheço: ninguém estará perdido se der amor e às vezes receber amor em troca.

And the churches are full of those who fear God's wrath. And those who plead for mercy which is the opposite of wrath. No, no, I do not feel sorry for those who die of hunger. What I feel is rage. And I see no harm in stealing to eat.

Pido humildemente permiso para existir, imploro humildemente una alegría, una acción de gracias, pido que me permitan vivir con menos sufrimiento, pido para no ser tan puesta a prueba por las experiencias ásperas, pido a hombres y mujeres que me consideren un ser humano digno de algún amor y algún respeto. Pido la bendición de la vida.

The human condition is Christ's passion.

How does one know if she has forgiven? You tend to feel sorrow over the circumstance instead of rage, you tend to feel sorry for the person rather than angry with him. You tend to have nothing left to say about it all.

We can't make the external world become peaceful; we can only become peace.

La tolérance n'est pas une position contemplative, dispensant les indulgences à ce qui fut ou à ce qui est. C'est une attitude dynamique, qui consiste à prévoir, à comprendre et à promouvoir ce qui veut être.

Always try to do something for the other fellow and you will be agreeably surprised how things come your way - how many pleasing things are done for you.

Doing things for others always pays dividends...

Il est plus facile d'être un voyageur ou un savant que d'être un ami, un amant. Plus aisé d'aimer les hommes vaguement que d'aimer à la perfection un seul être imparfait.

Lo sentí cercano, hay mucha gente que no es ciega y, de todos modos, no quiere ver. Quizá tomándoles la mano lo logren

Éste es mi último acto de dignidad, reconocer mi error: el daño que se puede hacer al otro cuando no lo dejamos elegir más camino que aquel que nosotros creemos correcto.

How to care for the injured body, the kind of body that can't hold the content it is living?

What is it we want for our daughter? Perhaps it's the ability to negotiate the world with an empathic imagination. The thing that brought both my husband and me to the gymnasium is the knowledge that though the deep-seated racist systems are reaffirmed and the evidence is there for us to see, I still want the world for my daughter that is more than this world, a world that has our daughter already in it.

Teju Cole writes, "There are no refugees, only fellow citizens whose rights we have failed to acknowledge.

Why are we here if not for each other?

Charlotte: Racism exists outside of reason. Black people have never been human. Charles: That is so hopeless. Charlotte: Go further into that hopelessness, and then we can really begin to see each other.

Debemos ser capaces —algo extremadamente difícil— de decir no sólo sí o no a una determinada realidad y también a las personas amadas, sino que es necesario continuar amándolas incluso condenando sus acciones y continuar condenando sus acciones aunque sin dejar de amarlas.

It is never too late to do what is right.

Pearl…every night I pray to God that you can rest. Seeing what this has done to you….it hurts me more than any man can bear. I'd give you anything—everything—if only I knew you'd take it.