Quotes About Compassion

most people get along as best they can. They don't intend to hurt anyone. It is merely a terrible by-product of surviving.

I have learned that most people get along as best they can. They don't intend to hurt anyone. It is merely a terrible by-product of surviving. It isn't her fault, all that comes to pass after that one final, merciless push.

When I listened to the lady telling her story, I could relate to not being welcome someplace. I liked the idea that God might take that very thing that stunk the worst about your life and change it around into something good.

She looked around the room then, and her eyes got misty, and she said we kids oughta remember there was a time when some folks had it a lot harder than others. I couldn't see how things were so different now.

Sometimes we must try to view the actions of those around us with forgiveness. We must realize that they are going on the only road they can see.

When you're in a position to help, that means you're in a good place in your own life.

It's more work to be mean than it is to be nice.

You shall not twist my bones into a star's shape, nor plant my hair as roots for the dreams of the living; and if you open my heart and run your poet's fingers over its walls and cushions you will find it is like yours, dark.

He's a gentle soul,' he told her. 'I can't see him put down, he wouldn't hurt a fly.' Indeed Boris wouldn't hurt a fly because in general flies were too fast for him.

We suffer each other to have each other a while.

To err on the side of kindness is seldom an error.

In what you say of another, apply the test of kindness, necessity and truth, and let nothing pass your lips without a 2/3 majority.

A major advantage of age is learning to accept people without passing judgment.

Forgiveness isn't reserved for the ones who deserve it. God gives it freely, and we should do the same. The one person you can set free from bitterness is you. The fact that your dad apologized is amazing. But even if he hadn't, at some point you're going to have to let go of your anger or you'll end up just like him, hurting the people you're supposed to love.

That boy. He does try me. I love him because he's mine. But I don't choose to forgive him because I love him or because he deserves it. I forgive him because I've been lost too. I've walked away too. I've been welcomed back too. None of us deserve to be forgiven. That's why it's called mercy." ~Mama Potts

sometimes in the midst of the worst pain, it's hard to hear the truth. Sometimes when the pain is too loud, all we can hear is the person crying with us. And that sounds a lot like love.

The purpose of family is to preserve life,' Aunt Patti said. 'We treat family members the way we're supposed to treat everyone on the planet.

to remember the details, I'm not the only one, and you needn't feel sorry for me. In fact, there are two other

When you finally do fall in love, don't you dare be smug about it. In

And then I got really sad. I'm simply too young to hate my body. I'm going to be old in like two minutes, and my body really will be difficult to love. But now, well, it's fine. Why shouldn't I admire it ? It's mine and it keeps me healthy and I should accept it, just the way it is. There are people who are sick or disabled and who would kill to have a strong, healthy body, and the last thing they're worrying about is their fucking cellulite.

In the matter of prejudice...we are all the same. Goddess and demon, human and monster: none of us understand difference, but at least some of us make the effort to try.

I stand back from him. I don't understand. You've seen parts of me that are not perfect, and you still love me?

Love is the dominant force, and in its light there is no deception.

Like ether, let us remain undivided and not become narrow and unyielding. Like the earth, let us help and share the burden of all. Like the water, let us flow untethered and quench the deepest thirst. Like fire, let us eliminate the unnecessary and unimportant. Like air, let us silently become a lifeline for all.