Quotes About Compassion

It would take me a long time to understand how systems inflict pain and hardship in people's lives and to learn that being kind in an unjust system is not enough.

As a resident, my highest ideal was not saving lives -- everyone dies eventually -- but guiding a patient or family to an understanding of death or illness.

In wartime, she thought to herself, you don't call a death murder.

All beings tremble before danger, all fear death. When a man considers this, he does not kill or cause to kill.

The noblest life is the one laid down for another.

A good death is a death in solidarity with others. To prepare ourselves for a good death, we must develop or deepen this sense of solidarity.

A smile to someone could make the difference between them going home and axe murdering their family or having a nice meal!

...I'm just beginning to understand how kind you are.

Going through an illness and then death of a close friend has changed my attitudes to friendship enormously.

The meek are those who quietly submit themselves to God, to His Word and to His rod, who follow His directions, and comply with His designs, and are gentle toward all men.

Even private persons in due season, with discretion and temper, may reprove others, whom they observe to commit sin, or follow bad courses, out of charitable design, and with hope to reclaim them.

True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense.

What we desire for ourselves, we wish for all

My desire is to be a forgiving, non-judgmental person.

The word sharing affirms that we have something extraordinarily valuable and desire to give it to others for their benefit and blessing.

Civility does not ...mean the mere outward gentleness of speech cultivated for the occasion, but an inborn gentleness and desire to do the opponent good.

To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness.

A real desire to believe all the good you can of others and to make others as comfortable as you can will solve most of the problems.

I don't think there's anything immature about fighting for the underdog and fighting for people who don't have a voice. I have an intense desire to protect people who can't protect themselves.

Lay not on any soul a load that you would not wish to be laid upon you, and desire not for any one the things you would not desire for yourself.

You feel the intense desire to do good, to do right thing. At this stage, you also feel helpless.

If you desire to help thy friend, do so in a way that will not bring thy friend's burdens upon thyself.

Take the trouble to stop and think of the other person's feelings, his viewpoints, his desires and needs. Think more of what the other fellow wants, and how he must feel.

Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.