Quotes About Compassion

Is it a crime to want to be good? she cried

They call me Keychain," Neala said. "That's interesting," Little Angel replied. "On account of my teeth's crooked and they say I could open a beer bottle with my mouth, like a can opener." Little Angel stood there for a moment. He felt inexplicable love for these two waifs.

The elder members of the family never failed to marvel at the attitude of the kids, how Big Angel was a rolling laugh riot to them, arbiter of bad jokes, spiritual insight, ice cream money, and shelter when they were bounced out of their houses or were let out of jail or rehab or needed to come in off the streets at midnight.

P.S. Do no violence. Kill no one.

There should be no such thing as an illegal person on this planet.

Quizás también sin antiguo daño, sin íntimo terror, no haya conocimiento ni bondad tampoco.. Del poema "Investiga la ciencia del dolor

Schopenhauer once said: the life of one dog may be worth more than the lives of many human beings.

La lógica del amor no es la de saberse apreciado, sino que se lo deje correr por las paredes y el patio, como un perro que recibe a su dueño

La sensibilidad al dolor no tiene nada que ver con entender

IN LAK'ECH Tú eres mi otro yo. You are my other me. Si te hago daño a ti, If I do harm to you, Me hago daño a mi mismo. I do harm to myself. Si te amo y respeto, If I love and respect you, Me amo y respeto yo. I love and respect myself.

You know quite well that suffering can't be driven from the world by violence. Nor can it be wiped out by bread, work, and welfare. You do know that, don't you? You yourself are full of tears that cannot be wiped away.

Drought brings out the worst in us and it's easy to hate your fellow human beings.

Ill-considered but well-intentioned actions do more good that actions that are well-considered but cruel.

If you are aware of chronic or severe mistreatment and do not speak out against it, your silence communicates implicitly that you see nothing unacceptable taking place.

abuse is the opposite of love. The more a man abuses you, the more he is demonstrating that he cares only about himself. He may feel a powerful desire to receive your love and caretaking, but he only wants to give love when it's convenient.

Our society should not buy into the abusive man's claim that holding him accountable is an act of cruelty.

And the most frequent response of all: "Jesus, I wouldn't do that. I would never do something like that to her.

What wisdom is there in keeping a person alive above all considerations ? Why should doctors keep restarting someone's heart if they're never going to get well?

While the two of them might never be the closest of friends, they had developed a connection that was important for each of them. When they'd needed someone, they'd found one another.

Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.

Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us.

Pure Christian love is not derived from the merit of the object.

Earth has nothing more tender than a woman's heart when it is the abode of piety.

As a child I understood how to give, I have forgotten this grace since I have become civilized. -