Quotes About Compassion

Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge.

At the start of every conversation ask yourself what can I give, not what can I take.

To give support should be commonplace in our society, not to be asked for.

Your "why" should be centered around yourself. If you're not taken care of, how do you ever expect to take care of others?

But, children, you should never letSuch angry passions rise;Your little hands were never madeTo tear each other's eyes.

Einen Menschen zu lieben, wie er ist, das ist leicht. Schwer ist es einen Menschen so zu lieben wie er nicht ist. In einem Menschen all das zu sehen, was er sein könnte, aber noch nicht sein kann.

We only have what we give.

This is to assuage our conscience, darling" she would explain to Blanca. "But it doesn't help the poor. They don't need charity; they need justice.

All too often, others with whom we come in contact do not reason as we reason, or do not value the things we value, or are not interested in what interests us.

Mom worked with autistic children.

Give of yourself, not yourself.

We are, all of us, poor wretches, and those who prefer not to understand this are even worse off than the rest of us.

Art is not necessary at all. All that is necessary to make this world a better place to live in is to love --to love as Christ loved, as Buddha loved.

I hope that schools have changed since I was a little girl. My memory of the teaching of the public schools is that it showed the brutal incomprehension of children.

A visitor is a friend, he brings news, good or bad, which is bread to the hungry minds in lonely places. A real friend who comes to the house is a heavenly messenger, who brings the panis angelorum.

You don't need to put someone under for a blood transfusion! [pauses, realizes] It's more than that, isn't it?

On reflection, one of the things I needed to learn was to allow myself to be loved.

My teeth became sour as I listened to his story. It was then that I understood why he was quiet all the time.

Sometimes, honesty really wasn't the best policy. Or, at least, it wasn't the kindest policy.

Your destiny is my destiny. Your happiness is my happiness.

The deepest wounds aren't the ones we get from other people hurting us. They are the wounds we give ourselves when we hurt other people.

Strength without compassion is soulless and cruel. Weakness, too, has its place, for it brings understanding.

There are so many sad and ugly things in the world that I feel I must try to counterbalance them with whatever beauty I can produce. Setting a pretty table in a world of pain might seem callous, given that people are starving and living in dreadful disease and poverty. But in trying to create islands of beauty and peace, I feel I am honoring the dreams of the world.

The deepest wounds aren't the ones we get from other people hurting us. They are the wounds we give ourselves when we hurt other people.