Quotes About Compassion

They should make earplugs for people who are grieving, so we don't have to hear the stupid things people say, but I'd look like a dork in them." -Corinna

It is the honey which makes us cruel enough to ignore the death of a bee

Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.

Whenever I see an ambulance, I like to think there is a baby being born, rather than a death.

For me, I will live so long as I can, however beaten, however maimed. I will do good to those who love me, and harm to those I hate, so long as my lungs draw breath.

I DON'T HOLD WITH CRUELTY TO CATS.

But you said so yourself, the poor lass will die of it...Do you really want her to die?'Yes, I'd rather she died than have a bad life.

When you attempt suicide, the counselors try to talk you out of trying it again by asking you about other people, which is good prevention if you care about other people.

They suffered with his death and she - she suffered with their reaction to it.

And no child deserved to die for defending her father, no matter who she was

Death was kind." He drew a sharp breath. "But no father should have to give such a kindness to his child.

Some of us hover when we weep for the other who wasdying since the day they were born.

If you are distant and misanthropic, selfish or cruel, you will find yourself alone in life and death.

I know I should look away, let him grieve in private, but I cannot. The sweet girl that I knew only briefly is the key to this gentle beast who has captured my heart.

Nobody seems to understand that in such matters the tact and sympathy should come from the one who is about to die, not the poor bugger who has to take the news.

you can pass a football, you can gas, but you yourself cannot just pass~cam after lilly's mother informs her that lilly has passed

Forgiveness is a conscious choice to become more liberated and less constrained by the past. This simple act of changing one's mindset can be the wellspring of tolerance, mercy, and compassion.

My belief that everyone is a person, no matter what they've done, and that taking a human life is wrong.

Forgiveness before one's death, isn't just about asking and receiving it, it's also about forgiving others.

if the goddes can forgive her, can't we?""I think there's a big difference between forgiving her and makin her into something she wasn't just because she's dead

He's gone now. He did something terrible, but...he did good things, too. And he kept us well. And it's all right if you are sad.

My grief is tremendous but my love is bigger.

Dying is a very solitary thing. The only thing we can do it be there when she wants us there.

Time's relativity is considered and abandoned, for the more revelatory experiences of starlightin strands, and pearly floors that span as far as absolute compassion...