Quotes About Compassion

There's only one thing that can heal the heart... Only one... It's love, Gaara.

Being hurt inevitably breeds feelings of hatred towards your attacker. But when we hurt others, we have to deal with their hatred for us, and our own feelings of guilt. Knowing what it feels like to be hurt is exactly why we try to be kind to others. That's what makes us humans.

Now there's something I understand a little better. Hate, sadness, even joy. to be able to share it with another person...Naruto Uzumaki from fighting him i learned that. he knew pain like i did and then he taught me that you can change your path. I wish that one day i can be needed by someone. Not as a frightening weapon...But as the sand's Kazekage.

Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves

Cruelty is softened by fear, not pity.

Kindness eases everything almost as much as money does.

The man of sensibility is too busy talking about his feelings to have time for good deeds.

Ah! Pauvre ami, comme il m'aimait!

Confucius was once asked if there is "one teaching that can serve as a guide for one's entire life." He said that all you really need to know is the word reciprocity: "Do not impose upon others what you yourself do not desire.

The thought is that Hitler is an unfortunate node in the way the world is unfolding. He did not choose to be the evil person he is. He deserves compassion, not anger. And he must die for reasons of compassion: compassion for him and all those who might suffer his awfulness.

Y tendremos que considerarnos afortunados si tenemos cerca a amigos o seres queridos: querrá decir que hemos sido personas lo bastante decentes como para mantener tales relaciones con el resto de la humanidad. Los que nos rodean no pueden curar nuestra enfermedad o salvarnos de la muerte, pero pueden acompañarnos durante una parte del camino, reconfortándonos antes de que lleguemos allí.

la verdadera amistad, como el amor verdadero, se revela cuando las cosas van mal, no cuando todo es fácil y bonito.

Understanding is the beginning of both wisdom and compassion.

una vida humana digna se tiene que centrar en el cultivo del carácter personal y en la preocupación por las demás personas (e incluso por la propia naturaleza), y que se disfruta más si se adopta un camino adecuado —pero no fanático— para distanciarse de los bienes puramente mundanos.

Detengámonos durante un momento e intentemos imaginar hasta que punto seria mejor el mundo si todos evitáramos realizar juicios de valor precipitados y contemplásemos los asuntos humanos centrándonos en los hechos, con un poco más de compasión hacia nuestros congéneres humanos.

You cannot choose your family, but you may have to remind yourself that you love them, because you do (whether you like it or not).

At the heart of the Torah, in the middle of the book of Leviticus, we find the commandment, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself" (19:18).

One of my favorite modern readings, found in the Reform movement's prayer book, describes what I believe to be the true power of prayer: Prayer invites God's Presence to suffuse our spirits, God's will to prevail in our lives. Prayer may not bring water to parched fields, nor mend a broken bridge, nor rebuild a ruined city. But prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, [and] rebuild a weakened will.2

In contrast, Confucians hold that we should show compassion to all human beings, but we have special obligations to certain individuals because of the specific relationships we have with them, relationships that make us who we are—family, community, and friendship. So part of the justification for differentiated care is the special debts we acquire through the relationships that help define us.

Forgive other people before you ask for forgiveness… As you forgive, you will be forgiven.

Compassion is truth in its purest form.

I hated war. Who cared, after all, which side won? The only important thing was to end it all soon as possible: rather an unjust peace, than a "just" war! I

she loves everyone else here enough that she is willing to let them see all of who she is in this moment.

People may be fascinated by your wounded heart, but that won't make them love you for who you are.