Quotes About Compassion

Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself.

Nobody ever chooses the already unfortunate as objects of his loyal friendship.

My legs! Lord Jesus stop the pain in my legs!" "Hush John," Florida said. "That's only phantom pain." "Is it real?" I asked her. She shrugged. "All pain is real.

One thing I do know about death. The "better" the person, the more loving and happy and caring, the less of a gap that person's death makes.

Angel is responsible for all the AA prayers and mottoes. DON'T THINK AND DON'T DRINK. Angel put a cold wet one-sock on Tony's head and knelt beside him. "Brother, believe me … I've been there … right down there in the gutter where you are. I know just how you feel." Tony didn't open his eyes. Anybody says he knows just how someone else feels is a fool.

Existe un vínculo entre los pacientes de diálisis, como entre los alcohólicos anónimos o los supervivientes de un terremoto. Son conscientes del indulto, se tratan unos a otros con más ternura y respeto que la gente normal.

Anytime you think you hate somebody, what you do is pray for them. Try it, you'll see.

Una cosa sé de la muerte. Cuanto "mejor" es la persona, cuanto más cariñosa, feliz y comprensiva, menor es el vacío que deja su muerte.

Por favor. ¿Podrían limpiarle los ojos? —A la mierda sus ojos. —Inclínate un poco, Jesse. Le lamí la sangre de los ojos. Tardé mucho rato; la sangre estaba espesa y reseca, pegada en las pestañas. Tenía que escupirla a cada momento. Con el cerco rojizo, sus ojos despedían un destello ambarino. —Eh, Maggie, a ver esa sonrisa. (Del cuento A ver esa sonrisa)

Gentil é uma palavra como caridade; implica um esforço. Como aquela frase de para-choque de caminhão que fala de gestos aleatórios de gentileza. Gentil deveria ser o modo como uma pessoa é sempre, não um gesto que ela opta por fazer.

We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another.

The more you love, the more love you are given to love with.

Every pair of eyes facing you has probably experienced something you could not endure.

I come to comfort the afflicted and to afflict the comfortable.

i bear witness to no thing more human than hate i bear witness to no thing more human than love

I closed my eyes, put blinders on, and ignored what was too painful to think about. I tried to view my troubles less seriously, and worry less. I tried to curb my temper. Things said in embarrassment and anger are seldom the truth, but are said to hurt and wound the other person. Once said, they can never be taken back.

A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.

He that does good to another does good also to himself.

If you wished to be loved, love.

When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill.

He that visits the sick in hopes of a legacy, but is never so friendly in all other cases, I look upon him as being no better than a raven that watches a weak sheep only to peck out its eyes.

He who has injured thee was stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him if stronger, spare thyself.

It absolutely helped - to write the father in both 'Juicy' and 'Beasts ' I had to see the whole story from his point of view. All of a sudden I understood more of what my own father must be going through - the fear, the frustration, the anger... the hope that he'll leave a legacy.

And it's hard to hate someone once you understand them.