Quotes About Compassion

You will always have your own problems. But remember, the little ones will not matter as much when you take on someting as meaningful and life changing as one that makes a difference for others.

We're here to get each other through this thing, whatever it is.

We are here to help each other get through this thing, whatever it is.

I know this is scary. You're hungry and cold and you want to give up! But you can't turn on each other! Not now! Show me how brave you can be by pulling together! Do it for each other! That's the trick! Because when you reach out--when you extend yourself for other people-- that's when you're without fear!

America heals, but America is not the world.

When we are well loved, we inevitably give love to those around us.

To expose ourselves to another human's journey is to not only hear the ground truth but also to allow our hearts to soften and our minds to open so that we can access greater empathy, compassion, and trust. So that we can offer the same hospitality to others that we ourselves long to receive.

The transformation occurs in the space between one heart and another. To be heard by someone who is present, open, and caring is to be led into freedom.

Every act of love brings hope. Every act of love ushers the new world into the present. Every act of love bridges alienation, brings comfort to our fears, makes space for hope. We need stories to help us recall the things we've all forgotten: That we are intimately interrelated. That our home is in one another. That peace is found within one another.

How can you be kissing at a time like this? Have you no respect for the dead?

A squirrel dying in your front yard may be more relevant to your interests right now than people dying in Africa.

The church was the most important institution in Poor Valley. It served as a family of families and helped that larger family push back against the uglier potencies of nature: weather, disease, death, and the darkness in one's own heart.

In my life I've learned that true happiness comes from giving. Helping others along the way makes you evaluate who you are. I think that love is what we're all searching for. I haven't come across anyone who didn't become a better person through love.

Social justice is for everyone, including people with disabilities.

The barriers between animal and human come down very easily. We belong to a single great family, and if we are lonely and unhappy we gladly accept the friendship of our distant relations.

There is no impulse more rational than love. It makes life more bearable for the lover and the loved one

Wenn ich heute an die Frau denke, die ich einmal war, die Frau mit dem kleinen Doppelkinn, die sich sehr bemühte, jünger auszusehen, als sie war, empfinde ich wenig Sympathie für sie. Ich möchte aber nicht zu hart über sie urteilen. Sie hatte ja nie eine Möglichkeit, ihr Leben bewußt zu gestalten.

Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.

Ako povrediš nekog drugog,povredio si sebe. Ako pomogneš drugome,pomažeš sebi. Krv i kost nalaze se u svim ljudima. Razlikujemo se po srcu i nameri.

Kendimi ba???lamay?, yarg?lamamay?, ama geçmiÅŸten ders almay? öÄŸrenmem gerekiyordu. Bana kabul etmeyi, içten olmay? ve baÅŸkalar?n?n da ayn?n? yapabilmesi için kendimi sevmeyi öÄŸrettiler.

Today, all patients accepted for treatment at St. Jude's are treated without regard for the family's ability to pay. Everything beyond what is covered by insurance is taken care of, and for those without insurance, all of the medical costs are absorbed by the hospital.

I think awards in this country at this time are inappropriate to be received or given until the condition of the American Indian is drastically altered. If we are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be his executioner.

If we are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be his executioner.

I realize that to forgive with your mind is not always to forgive in your heart.