Quotes About Compassion

I have discovered that most people who tell me that they cannot forgive a person who wronged them are handicapped by a mistaken understanding of what forgiving is.

Forgiveness is the virtue of Brave.

The more people know, the more they forgive.

Who understands much, forgives much.

We can choose the way of compassion, the way of forgiveness, the way of generosity. Or we can choose other paths and those have very real consequences in the world. This is absolutely crucial.

Forget and forgive. This is not difficult when properly understood.

There is only one thing harder in this world than forgiving. It's to ask forgiveness armed only with, 'I'm sorry'.

Forgiveness, quite frankly, is the most selfish thing you can do. Because it is the greatest thing you can do for yourself.

If we forgive other people, our hearts are made fit to receive forgiveness.

NVC self-forgiveness: connecting with the need we were trying to meet when we took the action that we now regret.

Whatever the reasons, when forgiveness happens it is always a miracle of grace. The obstacles in its way are immense

Courage and clemency are equal virtues.

Most people focus on forgiving others, thinking there isn't a need for self-forgiveness, particularly if they see themselves as a victim.

Forgive what you can't excuse.

Forgiveness leads to a shift in perception. It transforms the hurt into healing.

Always pass a plate of forgiveness before each verbal feast.

Give plenty of what is given to you, And listen to pity's call. Don't think the little you give is great, And the much you get is small.

Grace means forgiveness-period.

There comes a day when, for someone who has persecuted us, we feel only indifference, a weariness at his stupidity. Then we forgive him.

There's no weakness in forgiveness.

The only thing harder than forgiveness is the alternative.

Forgiveness should be an act, but this is a state with him.

Forgiveness does not mean condoning what has been done. It means taking what happened seriously...drawing out the sting in the memory that threatens our entire existence.

Virtue isn't not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.