Quotes About Compassion

Everyone is always doing the best they can. Blame and resentment have no place here. But it's important to recognize that, whether positive or negative, our environment is one of the most significant sources of our current beliefs.

Each of us suffers with envy/for the forgiven.

and he: (and this was almost unbearable) he saw me see him, and I saw him see me. He said something like, You're going to be ok now, or, It's been difficult hasn't it, but what he said mattered only a little. We met — in our mutual gaze — in between a third place I'd not yet been.

Those that have lost their lives to suicide were good people, who were in deep, deep pain. Keep speaking about mental illness and keep it out of the darkness.

The patient always comes first and I strive to deliver personalized dental care to each and every patient.

Authentic listening is not easy. We hear the words, but rarely do we really slow down to listen and to squint with our ears, to hear the emotions, fears, and underlying concerns. Kevin Cashman

To see this way fosters not only gratitude but compassion for the creatures we behold. The sustained gaze required to find the adequate word engages us in contemplation and reminds us of the worthiness of what is given to us to witness.

Outrage... can (and often does) look like arrogance or offensiveness or, certainly, impropriety. But it can be what fuels love of justice and mercy.

The exercise of the imagination is the training ground of compassion. Stories educate the heart. Stories, like poetry, are related to prayer.

When you're taught to love everyone, to love your enemies, then what value does that place on love?

When you're taught to love everyone, to love your enemies, then what value does that place on love?

I think—" Anakin kicked his heel against the polished marble floor. "I think I hate it when I can't stop my men from getting hurt. From dying. I think—

No matter how crazy or hard a man acts sometimes he has a soft side.

They fear as I once feared you, " he said. "As you once feared me. We are all someone's monster, Nina

...when you take fright and add to it ignorance, you get hatred. That's a very unattractive equation.

If you live only for yourself, dying is an especially scary proposition.

The important thing is that when your come to understand something you act on it, no matter how small that act is. Eventually it will take you where you need to go.

Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch.

Throwing away food is like stealing from the table of those who are poor and hungry.

In 1968, I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry, and unhappy like we do.

The nourishment of body is food, while the nourishment of the soul is feeding others.

I haven't bought any leather articles for a very long time. My ideal is to be able to avoid all animal products, in food as well as clothing.

Hunger is not debatable.

Becoming a vegan is a sure way of completely avoiding participation in the abuse of farmed animals. Vegans are a living demonstration of the fact that we do not need to exploit animals for food.