Quotes About Compassion

We all agree that forgiveness is a beautiful idea until we have to practice it.

The more you know yourself, the more you forgive yourself.

To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.

Disagreements don't cause disunity, a lack of forgiveness does.

All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.

The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.

Forgiveness requires a sense that bad behaviour is a sign of suffering rather than malice.

Forgiveness does not require us to close our eyes but rather to truly open them.

We have to have a deep, patient compassion for the fears of others and irrational mania of those who hate or condemn us.

Self-forgiveness is essential to self-healing.

Rage and bitterness do not foster femininity. They harden the heart and make the body sick.

To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius.

Forgiveness is the highest and most difficult of all moral lessons.

To err is human; to forgive people and yourself for poor behavior is to be sensible and realistic.

Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another.

With self-acceptance, we have the ability to choose compassion and forgiveness over anger and self-hatred.

It's hard to forget, but forgiveness is something you do for yourself.

We don't forgive people because they deserve it. We forgive them because they need it--because we need it.

Forgive and be free. Forget that you have forgiven and be freer.

Forgiveness flounders because I exclude the enemy from the community of humans and myself from the community of sinners.

I can pardon everybody's mistakes except my own.

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

Forgiveness liberates the soul, it removes fear.

Let us learn from Christ how to pray, to forgive, to sow peace, and to be near those in need.