Quotes About Compassion

I'm. Not. Stupid." "I never thought you were," I said, which was actually true: amazingly scatterbrained, yes, but not stupid. "Is that why you're crying?" She

I come from parents who are big on respect and also who are big on treating everyone with love. No race, no religion, no culture—none of that matters. You're a person: you deserve respect. I was in a position to make people feel good and welcome and loved. Why wouldn't I act on that?

May God have mercy on us all.

I could sit here and tell you that I was the perfect child that followed all the rules and never got in trouble, but I would be lying up a fierce storm. Engaging with the younger you who made those mistakes helps you give some grace to the children of today who are making their own.

Parents know all about the verses related to how children should behave but not so much about those that remind them about how they should behave.

Selflessness is humility. ... humility and freedom go hand in hand. Only a humble person can be free.

There is one advantage to realizing that you're never going to get it right: you do begin to stop expecting everyone else to get it right too, which makes for less frustration when other people turn out to be just as human as you are.

Never kill an animal but for three reasons: for food or hide, for defense, for mercy.

Like a blind man, unaware of race or religion, he quickly discovered that prejudice was often taught at the breakfast table.

Some people stand by you in your darkest hour, while others walk away; only a select few march toward you and become even closer friends.

Stop fussing, honey. It won't be the first time James has seen a man's stomach. It's not the first time I've seen that one, thought James.

sometimes an abundance of sympathy can be more overwhelming than solitude. Giles

No man is an island,' John Donne wrote more than three and a half centuries ago. 'Every man is a piece of the continent.' The United States stretches from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the Arctic to the Equator. 'I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

Some people stand by you in your darkest hour, while others walk away; only a select few march towards you and become even closer friends.

Simply giving money to charity is the easy way out. Giving time is much more precious. So make it your aim that

that often the onlooker suffers even more than the participant.

sometimes an abundance of sympathy can be more overwhelming than solitude.

Are you all right, my luv?" asked a lady who had moved from the other side of the carriage to sit next to Old Jack. "Yes, thank you," he said, the tears streaming down his face. "It's just that I was released from prison today.

No American must be allowed to die because he cannot afford to live.

Some people stand by you in your darkest hour, while others walk away; only a select few march towards you and become even closer friends. Once

With the focus on yourself, begin to recite the following phrases: May I be happy. May I be healed and healthy. May I be filled with peace and ease. May I be safe.

Kindness here means friendliness, or openheartedness. It enables you to welcome experience. Compassion is usually associated with feelings of empathy and concern for pain or suffering in another.

Imagine speaking to this person in words like: "For any hurt or harm you have caused me, intentional or unintentional, I offer forgiveness.

Speaking especially kindly, use words like: "For any hurt or harm I have caused to you or in this situation, I offer myself forgiveness.