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Quotes About Compassion

An apology is not the second way in.
~ Unknown
Looking back on it today, I can see that Ice was giving
~ Unknown
Sorry about what happened to your brother Robert." I didn't even understand what she was talking about. I had to wait until I got settled in at Ironwood and was allowed to make a phone call. My daughter told me that my brother Robert was dead.
~ Unknown
I wanted to learn everything I could about the faces of addiction. I wanted to understand all the ripple effects of crime and violence.
~ Unknown
It is not only a matter of not caring who knows - it is also a matter of knowing who cares.
~ Idries Shah
Inner Knowledge -- You want to become wise in one lesson: First become a real human being.
~ Idries Shah
Saying of the Prophet Helping others I order you to assist any oppressed person, whether he is a Muslim or not.
~ Idries Shah
You must improve yourself on a higher level if you are to be able to help people, and not just weep over them.
~ Idries Shah
What is humanity? To feel pain at the sorrows of our neighbours, to feel humiliated at the humiliation of fellow-beings.
~ Idries Shah
The real generosity is when a man does something generous when nobody knows about it.
~ Idries Shah
Saying of the Prophet THE PEOPLE It is the people who are God's family. (Muhammad the Prophet)
~ Idries Shah
I have heard all that you have had to say to me on your problems. You ask me what to do about them. It is my view that your real problem is that you are a member of the human race. Face that one first.
~ Idries Shah
Sufis are those who have expunged from their minds the human tendencies of envy and enmity.
~ Idries Shah
The Path is not to be found anywhere except in human service
~ Idries Shah
But the minimum human duty is to serve others: it is no great attainment.
~ Idries Shah
To bind one free man with love is better than to release a thousand slaves.
~ Idries Shah
Too much kindness towards the fox may mean doom for the rabbit.
~ Idries Shah
Saying of the Prophet Love Do you think you love your Creator? Love your fellow-creature first.
~ Idries Shah
People talk about 'service, effort, love, knowledge'. But with knowledge you know what love is, and what it is not.
~ Idries Shah
Helping others I order you to assist any oppressed person, whether he is a Moslem or not.
~ Idries Shah
Junaid de Bagdad pasaba por la escena de un ahorcamiento público, donde un ladrón se encontraba en el patíbulo. Junaid se inclinó en dirección al criminal. Alguien le preguntó: "¿Por qué hiciste eso?" Junaid dijo: "Me estaba inclinando ante la claridad de sus intenciones. Por su objetivo, ese hombre ha dado su vida.
~ Idries Shah
Ejercita el poder por medio de la amabilidad, y podrás estar causando más daño que por la crueldad. Ninguno de estos abordajes es correcto.
~ Idries Shah
Make mankind your dwelling place.
~ Idries Shah
Los Sufis son aquellos que han erradicado de sus mentes las tendencias humanas de envidia y enemistad.
~ Idries Shah