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Quotes About Compassion

Never judge a man's actions until you know his motives
~ Vikas Swarup
And you spend your day going around from the house of the washerman to the house of the sweeper, asking about this one's son and that one's nephew, but spending no time with your own family. It is no secret that many people here think that you are a communist.' Rasheed reflected that this probably meant only that he loathed the poverty and injustice endemic to the village, and that he made no particular secret of it.
~ Vikram Seth
May we not be as foolish as we are almost bound to be. If we cannot eschew hatred, at least let us eschew group hatred. May we see that we could have been born as each other. May we, in short, believe in humane logic and perhaps, in due course, love.
~ Vikram Seth
Odio quelli che vanno in giro con l'aria da martire, proprio come detesto l'autocommiserazione. È causa di troppa infelicità.
~ Vikram Seth
All you who sleep tonight Far from the ones you love, No hand to left or right, An emptiness above-- Know that you aren't alone. The whole world shares your tears, Some for two nights or one, And some for all your years.
~ Vikram Seth
You can't blame her,' said Amit. 'After a life so full of tragedy anyone would become hard.' 'What tragedy?' asked Mrs. Chatterji. 'Well, when she was four,' said Amit, 'her mother slapped her--it was quite traumatic--and then things went on in that vein. When she was twelve she came in second in an exam...It hardens you.
~ Vikram Seth
A friend who visits you when you are suffering is your best friend.
~ Unknown
A hero is not the person who fights with his enemy but who turns his enemy into his friend.
~ Unknown
A mirror can do something better for you which maybe your best friend can't. Cry and it will cry with you, laugh and it will laugh with you, feel alone and it will be with you.
~ Unknown
A person who has not done any good in his life dies like a beast.
~ Unknown
A smile that lights the face will also warm the heart.
~ Unknown
After all, harming others means you first harm yourself.
~ Unknown
Always forgive, for it is symbol of strength and never apologise, for it is a symbol of weakness.
~ Unknown
Always keep in mind of those who show you encouragement when you are down.
~ Unknown
Be like a dog, love like a God, work like a slave and eat like a pauper.
~ Unknown
Both mother and God are verb, not noun.
~ Unknown
Charity should be done from the heart not from the pocket.
~ Unknown
Children are like the rain, we shouldn't be angry with them because they just don't know how to fall upwards.
~ Unknown
Don't criticize or speak ill of a blind man.
~ Unknown
Don't judge me if you don't know even a little about me.
~ Unknown
Don't judge me just because you probably did the same thing.
~ Unknown
Everybody hurts somebody somewhere.
~ Unknown
Forgive the person who confesses his fault because it is already half redressed.
~ Unknown
Give something to your child if you think he must give it later to those when they need it badly.
~ Unknown