Quotes About Compassion

If only we could bring all the kids home. If only we could rid the world of all the predators.

It's been my experience that presence and silence are most helpful," she says. "Be there without judgment or advice to listen when he is ready to talk.

God sends children for another purpose than merely to keep up the race -- to enlarge our hearts, to make us unselfish, and full of kindly sympathies and affections.

Giving in its purest form is done with a heart that says I wish it were more, and I expect nothing in return.

Sometimes the best love is tough love.

perhaps there is only one distinction that matters: those who are learning to love their neighbors and those who remain indifferent to them

Softly he continued, "You need to ask God for forgiveness. That's His job, isn't it? To forgive imperfect humankind. You are quick to forgive others and offer them kindness. Do the same for yourself.

behind the anger, she saw that he loved her

and certainly unchristian, to hate someone for the color of his skin, yet such trivial things can change the pattern of a life.

What a pity that men couldn't find such satisfactions without killing so many of their fellows.

Don't you care that your neighbors are suffering?" "In a word, no. The Bible says that the poor will always be with us, and if Jesus couldn't change that, I certainly can't.

There was deep truth in the fact that men spoke of Holy Mother Church, for the Church was the force of civilization and compassion among nations, just as women brought mercy and gentleness to men.

How much does anyone ever know about another man's heart?

If only I could start again, I would do everything differently. I would try to win your love through kindness rather than compel it by force, and if I failed, I would accept your will and wish you joy on your own path.

Hoshan I experienced profound spiritual awareness," he said slowly. "It began with a devastating recognition of my failures and shortcomings. Only when all my pride and arrogance had been stripped away did I experience divine compassion so infinite that it could forgive all my weaknesses and fill me with light.

It's a poor sort of man who will kick his own dog." "Don't worry about it. It's pretty clear that you're forgiven.

If he chose, he could help this girl, but what was the point of saving one little whore? It would make no difference to that vast, endless, tragic horde of broken children. But as Jenny stared at him with great stark eyes, he knew that it would make a difference to her.

If I have an ambition, it's to leave the world a little better than I found it.

Sure the world breeds monsters, but kindness grows just as wild...

Being smart and rich are lucky, but being curious and compassionate will save your ass. Being curious and compassionate can take you out of your ego and edge your soul towards wonder.

A'ohe lokomaika'i i nele i ke p?na'i [No kind deed ever lacks its reward]

Sometimes you have to trust your heart, too. You give what you think the other person needs, and hope they know that you're doing it out of love.

Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, Make me feel important. Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.

My goal in life is to live my life in such a way that when I die, someone can say, she cared