Quotes About Compassion

Sympathy is never wasted except when you give it to yourself.

To feel sorry for oneself is one of the most disintegrating things the individual can do to himself.

It's odd that you can get so anesthetized by your own pain or your own problem that you don't quite fully share the hell of someone close to you.

Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.

When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.

The hardest people to reach with the love of God are not the bad people. They know they are bad. They have no defense. The hardest ones to win for God are the self-righteous people.

You've got to let people be just, you know, people. Everyone does bad things sometimes, for all sorts of reasons. You've got to at least understand.

While no one is expected to leap tall buildings in a single bound, our aspiring heroes will be tested on their courage, integrity, self-sacrifice, compassion and resourcefulness - the stuff of all true superheroes.

Self-sacrifice is never entirely unselfish, for the giver never fails to receive.

The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ourselves. We hate others when we hate ourselves. We are tolerant toward others when we tolerate ourselves. We forgive others when we forgive ourselves. We are prone to sacrifice others when we are ready to sacrifice ourselves.

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love & affection.

In order to understand others, you must understand yourself first.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.

Pray as if everything depends on God and work as if everything depends on you. To handle yourself use your brain and to handle others use your heart.

Don't hurt someone with your ego, but never let anyone hurt your self respect.

It is good to be helpful and kindly, but don't give yourself to be melted into candle grease for the benefit of the tallow trade.

Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience

He who sacrifices his heart, in silence, for the happiness of others, is indeed the strongest man.

Doing the right thing for someone else was like a tonic for me; it was like some magic ointment that made a wound disappear.

People who die by suicide, dont want to end their lives, they want to end their pain.

The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease

Accept me at my strongest, support me at my weakest.

Treat others how you want to be treated for it is then that they will treat you the way they want to be treated

Always do good for others without counting it, including the interest. The Universe is providing all your needs and even says: Keep the change.