Quotes About Compassion

New Yorkers want to be compassionate, and they want to live in a city where homeless people aren't stuffed into shelters, spilling out onto the streets. They also want a support system that works.

If we want to fight people in the world, we should fight them with pillows - pillows stuffed with food, medicine, music... That would be so much cheaper than bombs.

When incomes and bonuses decrease, revenues falter, and businesses stumble, it's more important than ever to give - not necessarily more, but in a way that matters more. When incomes are down and wallets are stretched, the effectiveness of our giving is what really counts.

The bereaved are often treated badly. There is no statutory paid bereavement leave, with the emotionally stunned often compelled to work within days of losing a loved one.

You see gay relationships that are just stunning in the quality of the relationship.

It is essential to forgive. Otherwise it stunts the growth.

I would be stupid not to be on my own side. But I'm a human being, too. And I'm on the side of human beings, rather than on the side of crocodiles.

Not everybody is absolutely stupid. Why on earth would I be racist, what would I be trying to achieve?

It is so pleasant to come across people more stupid than ourselves. We love them at once for being so.

If me believing helping others should come before Instagram posts is 'stupid'... you got me right.

Ignorance is pitiful! If you are ignorant and stupid, you are sick - white, black, green, I don't care.

The Clinton paradox: How could a president so intelligent, so compassionate, so public-spirited and so conscious of his place in history act in such a stupid, selfish and self-destructive manner?

When people ask me really stupid questions or get it really wrong, I feel embarrassed for them. I don't really feel angry at them.

Never attribute to malice, that which can be reasonably explained by stupidity.

My heart is broken in the face of the stupidity of my species.

Stupidity without malice isn't horrible; some people can't help it.

Humanitarianism is the expression of stupidity and cowardice.

As a woman, my style defines my leadership. It's a gentler, more compassionate approach. I consult, I listen and I compromise where it's in the best interest of the citizens.

I just think that there's so much judgment in the world, whether it's coming from women in general or from men onto women - it's a lot. And when it comes to being a mom, I wish everyone could band together and realize that everyone has different beliefs, different styles, and different things that work for them and their family.

I mean there are many, many people in all sorts of different countries who don't have a great life, who are subject to injustice. Are we obliged to take all of them who come here? I think the answer is 'Not necessarily.'

To do art, one thing should always remember - subjects of people in misery have deep meanings.

That's what happens in a good horror movie: there are always metaphors of greater subjects like humanity and empathy and compassion. It's not about the action and scary moments: You really care about these characters because they're mirrors of our own reflections.

I am often drawn to what appear at first to be 'dark' or 'difficult' subjects, but which, upon further examination, are always and only reflections of the ways human beings attempt, however clumsily, badly, or well, to connect with others.

As a documentary filmmaker, I try to be sensitive to my subjects.