Quotes About Compassion

No drug in the universe will make you feel better, at the deepest level, than being kind to other people.

Because the possibility of pain is where love stems from.

Technology won't save humankind. Humans will.

I'm sorry,' I said. 'I'm sorry for everything. For the past and the future.' An apology, said while in dull pain, made me feel as close to human as it was possible to feel. I could almost have written a poem.

You are no less or more of a man or a woman or a human for having depression than you would be for having cancer or cardiovascular disease or a car accident.

If you have children and love one more than another, work at it. They will know, even if it's by a single atom less. A single atom is all you need to make a very big explosion.

You are not the only one with sorrows in this world. Don't hoard them like they are precious. There is always plenty of them to go around.

The life of a human, according to the Scottish philosopher David Hume, was of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster. But if it was important enough for David Hume to write that thought down, then maybe it was important enough to aim to do something good. To help preserve life, in all its forms.

After reading the news, I go on Twitter. I don't have an account but I find it interesting - all the different voices, the squabbles, the arrogance of certainty, the ignorance, the occasional, but wonderful, compassion, and watching the evolution of language head towards a new kind of hieroglyphics.

Be kind to yourself.

You are no less or more of a man or a woman or a human for having depression than you would be for having cancer or cardiovascular disease or a car accident. So what should we do? Talk. Listen. Encourage talking. Encourage listening. Keep adding to the conversation. Stay on the lookout for those wanting to join in the conversation.

She understands enough of what is going on. She understands that he wants to save her, more than anything in the world. She understands what he understands, that if only he could save her, he could save himself. She understands also that she loves him, and as she stays inside his helpless stare, she knows that fate is something she has to steer herself.

It seems impossible to live without hurting people.

Well, maybe we should try not to understand so much, and accept some more.

There is no right or wrong way to have depression, or to have a panic attack, or to feel suicidal.

And I knew there was one rule that held fast across the universe: if you wanted to get someone on your side, what you really had to do was relieve their pain.

I realise I would like to solve the mystery of her just as much as she wants to solve the mystery of me and she nestles a little into me and I put my arm around her. Right there. On the park bench. Maybe that is what it takes to love someone. Finding a happy mystery you would like to unravel for ever.

When you watch the news and see members of your species in turmoil, do not think there is nothing you can do. But know it is not done by watching news.

No two moralities match. Accept different shapes, so long as they aren't sharp enough to hurt.

Never trust someone who is willingly rude to low-paid service staff

May I be safe and live happily . . . May she be safe and live happily . . . May they be safe and live happily . . . May all living beings be safe and live happily.

Reading is love in action.

Forcing yourself to see the world through love's gaze can be healthy. Love is an attitude to life. It can save us.

the simplest and quickest routes to happiness seems to be to make someone else happy.