Quotes About Compassion

I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me. All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.

A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives

Wallace Stegner was a man who lived under the obligation of trying his best to be a "good man," and his writing was part and parcel of that effort. For him, the individual, insofar as his or her capabilities allow, must not only take charge of his or her own destiny, but take on the responsibility of contributing to the welfare of others in family, community and society.

Henry Flagler: "Do unto others as they would do unto you—and do it first.

If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody.

We forgive our friends their darkness and focus on their light. Assuming the light returns. If it doesn't, well, the friend must want to sleep, so shut the door and leave them to it.

I am a student of love.

How shall the love of God be understood by those who have been nurtured in sight only of the greed of man?

Did not the manager of the Fresh Air Fund write to the pastor of an Italian Church only last year{9} that "no one asked for Italian children," and hence he could not send any to the country?

considerate in respect to the feelings of all who were connected with him

Oh, God! That bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap!

My view is quite simple. When your dog pees on the carpet, you do not give away your dog. You say, This dog is special. I have to teach him not to pee on the carpet. I feel exactly the same way about men. They need to be taught things.

Why is there ever this perverse cruelty in humankind, that makes us hurt most those we love best?

Love as thou wilt

When Love cast me out, it was Cruelty who took pity upon me

It is my observations, though, that happiness limits the amount of suffering one is willing to inflict upon others

We are all these things [...]. Pride, desire, compassion, cleverness, belligerence, fruitfulness, loyalty...and guilt. But above it all stands love. And if we desire to be more than human, that is the star by which we must set our sights.

Et là, secouée par les sanglots, je me suis trouvée acculée, trop tard, bien trop tard, à me rendre compte que moi aussi j'avais aimé, que je pouvais souffrir, et que, en somme, j'étais humaine.

Whatever anyone says or does is more about them than it is about me...

Do you know what it's like," he said, "to feel that you're in the wrong body?" "Well actually..." the Doctor began, wiggling his own fingers in front of his face.

There you go, being human again,' said the Doctor. He put an arm around Rose, and hugged her to him. 'It's not fair, is it, when we're forced into pitying someone we hate. Feels like the world's turned topsy-turvy. But it's all right. You're still allowed to hate them. As long as you don't gloat at their downfall, that's all.

Sometimes you just had to let people be who they were, let them have their highs and lows.

Otto gave me a copy of the farewell letter Anne wrote to me in hiding. I was surprised because there were two letters: the second was a reply to a letter she pretended I had written to her. She wrote: "I am thinking so much of you," and "Let's always be good friends until I come back." She must have been very lonely.

You shouldn't call then anything. They're poor unfortunate people who cannot help the way they look