Quotes About Compassion

ordinary situation. Such people may have a relatively low health score. Being unhealthy, though, does not mean that they can't have happiness or peace. A 61-year-old Japanese woman I know, Yahata Chieko, has suffered with a trembling body due to early-onset Parkinson's Syndrome. She was

Enlightenment is true love

Love for humanity Love for earth

Debemos enseñar a los curas que amenazan y asustan a sus feligreses con el fuego eterno que en realidad no hay otro infierno que este, el que sufrimos nosotros, con la miseria, los salarios exiguos, humillantes, las condiciones de trabajo y las jornadas agotadoras, con la enfermedad de nuestros hijos y con la falta de comida y medicinas.

Tanto le cegaba a uno la felicidad como para no percatarse del dolor ajeno?

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

To follow Jesus is to be a wholemaker, essentially to love the world into new being and life.

God is Trinity because God is relationship in love. This God loves us totally and unconditionally to the extent that God shares with us the suffering of our lives.

Francis became a man of peace because he was transformed in love and came to recognize that he was intimately related (pietas) to every person and creature.8

Life isn't easy. And everybody have their own yoke, suffer and pain. Do not think that only you have the hardest life on this earth.

It's your duty as my best friend to be outraged with me." "I'm outraged!" I snarled. "That bastard!" "Thank you," Andrea said.

For that matter, my heart is broken. So maybe they´?l give me his. It´s something to shoot for. And maybe, in all that, Bob? There is forgiveness...

I knew that people lived badly, remembered the barracks of the Khamovniki brewery, had seen flophouses, all-night cafés, drunkards, cruel and ignorant people, prison. But all that had been from the outside, and in the courtroom I caught a glimpse of people's hearts.

Living as prayer. I think that is when I am at my best. Because seeing through prayer provides a remarkable clarity. Not in the doctrinal sense, but because it is, at best, the lens of a love for every tattered inch of this earth.

Era inútil, mis oraciones se sentían vacías. Había comenzado una guerra en mi alma, y ya no podía seguir orándole a un Dios de amor con el corazón lleno de odio.

Por favor, Señor, abre mi corazón y enséñame a perdonar. No soy lo suficientemente fuerte como para aniquilar mi odio: nos han hecho demasiado daño; mi odio es muy pesado y podría aplastarme. Toca mi corazón, Señor, y enséñame a perdonar.

The love of a single heart can make a world of difference.

I knew that my heart and mind would always be tempted to feel anger--to find blame and hate. But I resolved that when the negative feelings came upon me, I wouldn't wait for them to grow or fester. I would always turn immediately to the Source of all true power: I would turn to God and let His love and forgiveness protect and save me.

Never refuse any who ask you for help; if your pockets are empty, give them hope. Your every action must be born of kindness, your every word spoken with love. Live as God would have you live, and others will be inspired to do the same.

Without love--what are we, what have we? Throughout the world, absolute certainty, righteousness, and outrage have completely displaced love and compassion. So, although we all know that we are right, where are we without love?

Faith without wisdom and knowledge could produce bigots completely lacking in compassion and tolerance.

A condemned poor man, if steals to feed his starving kid, is slammed into prison. Contrast this to a rich man's crime.

I ask, Lord, for daily bread, but not for wealth, lest I forget the poor. I ask for strength, but not for power, lest I despise the meek. I ask for wisdom, but not for learning, lest I condemn the simple. I ask for a clean name, but not for fame, lest I condemn the lowly. I ask for peace of mind, but not for idle hours, lest I fail to hearken to the call of duty.

Fortunately Mercy was not so rare as it was beautiful, for it is universally true that "The bravest are the tenderest, the loving are the daring." "Bushi no nasaké"—the tenderness of a warrior—had a sound which appealed at once to whatever was noble in us;