Quotes About Compassion

Dear Anyone Who Finds This, Do not blame the drugs.

it was on Rawlins's shoulders that they sobbed their hearts out when their babies were taken from them.

Bill . . . but did you see Norma when she was ill, towards the

Tennison was about to reply when Burkin caught her eye. He gripped her elbow and whispered, "Leave the room, let him cry, leave him . . 

Hug your friends tight, but your enemies tighter hug em so tight they cant wiggle.

A compassionate government keeps faith with the trust of the people and cherishes the future of their children.

Think of it. Jesus left the comforts of heaven and came into our universe, our pasture, to smell like sheep!

We need to be angels for each other, to give each other strength and consolation. Because only when we fully realize that the cup of life is not only a cup of sorrow but also a cup of joy will we be able to drink it.'' HENRI NOUWEN

One thing I have learned during these past few terrible years is that our grief and sorrow should be shared, not carried alone.

The war has changed you, too, Caroline. Your faith is stronger, your compassion deeper, your love more intense than ever before. It's as if all the qualities I saw in you and fell in love with have been refined and purified.

Don't hate them," Mama said as if reading Ans's mind. "They'll win if we hate them.

When you forgive someone, you make a choice to cancel the debt he owes you.

What do you think Jesus is gonna say if we come walking up to those pearly gates carrying a whole sackful of grievances and grudges on our backs? Jesus is gonna ask, What's that you toting there on your back? Do you want to be opening that sack and showing Him all those ugly things? He's dressed all in white and shining like the sun, and you're coming in with a load of hate in your arms? Umm hmm. I can't imagine doing that.

But the Scriptures say that as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is Hashem's mercy toward us. As far as the east is from the west, so far has Hashem removed our sins from us. We can be forgiven. And then we can begin to live new lives from that day forward.

Jesus said that when we put others ahead of ourselves, the world will see God's love through us.

I want to do something important." "It's the little things that make all the difference in the world. The kind words we speak and the simple things we do for people.

Love isn't a feeling; it's an attitude, it's actions. Like buying him the prayer shawl. Whether you feel anything or not, just do the loving thing.

The text was Jesus' commandment from the twelfth chapter of Mark to love thy neighbor as thyself. Dominie said that loving our neighbor didn't necessarily mean we must feel loving emotions toward them, but that we must speak lovingly to them, rather than in anger or derision. And we must do acts of lovingkindness and compassion, deliberately and frequently, demonstrating the undeserved grace God shows to us.

You have beautiful hair"... and she reached out to touch it, her bejeweled fingers gently caressing my head. A tear slipped down my cheek. I knew how the lepers felt when Jesus touched them and made them whole again.

All kindness goes out the window when you put a metal collar around the neck of another person. Those poor broken souls with the scars of bondage still showing didn't look as if they'd been overwhelmed with kindness.

You may weep more if you wish it," he announced, feeling exceedingly generous.

The Dalai Lama teaches that the self lies somewhere beyond our bodies and our minds. He preaches that human nature is essentially good. Only the affection of a mother allows a child to survive. Only the baby's affection for his mother drives him to feed from her breast. This shows, the Dalai Lama explains, that we are born into compassion and sustained by it. So our essential nature is compassionate.

This belief in the underlying brotherhood of all people would blend seamlessly with his message of peace as he carved out his role as an international peace advocate.

His message was that educators must find a way to teach compassion and moral values apart from a religious context.