Quotes About Compassion

Šta bi prvo savjetovao ?ovjeku kome želiš dobro? - Da se svojim mišljenjem ne izdvaja me?u ljudima s kojima živi. (...) Drugi moj savjet ?ovjeku kome želim dobro bio bi: ne govori uvijek ono što misliš.

Dobar ?ovek vidi dobrotu u svakome, a loš vidi u svemu zlo. Nemoj svoj duševni mir narušavati tako što ?es razmišljati o nedostacima drugih. Ako te neko povredi, pre?i preko toga. I budi kao Ruža koja daje miris svima, a ne samo dobrima, ili Drvo koje daje hlad i onome koji želi da ga sase?e." ? Meša Selimovi?

Žena više voli nježnu rije?, makar bila i glupa, nego pametnu, ako je gruba.

Kad bi Bog kažnjavao za svako u?injeno zlo, ne bi na zemlji ostalo nijedno živo bi?e

Ljudi ne vole zlo, pa ipak ga podnose. Kad bi zlo i surovost bili dovoljno pametni da znaju granicu do koje smiju da se name?u, da ne izazivaju ogor?enje, dugo bi trajali. Ružna je to misao, ali izgleda da je ta?na, ljudi se teško pokre?u dok mogu da žive podnošljivo, tek kad im postane suviše teško, kad po?nu da tonu, po?inju da misle i da se otimaju.

Da mu kažem: sam sam, hafiz-Muhamede, sam i tužan, pruži mi ruku i samo za ?as budi mi prijatelj, otac, sin, drag ?ovjek ?ija me blizina raduje, pusti me da zapla?em na tvojim usahlim prsima, zapla?i i ti, zbog mene, ne zbog svih ljudi, zadrži mi svoj vlažni dlan na tjemenu, kratko ?e trajati, a potrebno mi je; kratko, jer evo ve? prvi pjetlovi pjevaju.

i shvatio sam kako ?ovjek može lako da posegne za gruboš?u ako nije dorastao nekome.

Sad smo jednaki, unesre?ili su nas zli ljudi.

celebrate such meals as this with prisoners and others and not for them.

Cry out for justice in the name of those who suffer injustice.

real religion is in people's hearts and not in buildings, texts, or rituals.

She reaches out her hand, plucks the boy's beating heart, and, weeping, eats it.

Only tiny kindnesses, but the ones that counted, the million little mercies we take for granted, the mundane gestures that keep us, tentatively, together.

Just because someone isn't at their best doesn't mean you write them off forever" -Pen

Maybe he's lonely, she said, and I just looked at her wondering if she expected me to open a Home for the Socially Challenged or what. Then she started giggling and I had the feeling we were thinking the same thing, namely, some people are lonely for all the right reasons.

I will not always be happy, but perhaps, if I'm lucky, I will be spared the agony of adding pain to the world.

It might cause considerable surprise to the informed observer (who does not exist) to note that Mr B's eyes begin to fill with tears. They overflow and spill down along the deep soft creases of his careworn face as he sits very still in the centre of the unstill world and weeps rivers of salty water for all the lost souls, including his own.

No seré feliz siempre pero, tal vez, si tengo suerte, no sufriré la angustia de añadir dolor al mundo.

Egyúttal azon töprengtem, hogy lehet egy másik embert jobban szeretni, mint önmagadat. Amikor már nem az izgat, hogy egy háború közepébe csöppentél, és lehet, hogy meg fogsz halni, hanem az, hogy az a másik életben maradjon.

He would like to be held in the arms of this clear-eyed, clear-voiced girl, who seems to be the only creature among all of his acquaintances who cares for something beside self-glorification and the gratification of her own desires.

You can't shoot animals who've just given birth or are pregnant. Even in America.

There were times when everybody in the house has the flu. You're cleaning up vomit and it's 2 in the morning, and you're wishing there was somebody else there to help you.

She recognized that that is how friendships begin: one person reveals a moment of strangeness, and the other person decides just to listen and not exploit it.

Self-preservation is as important as generosity. Because if you don't preserve yourself, keep enough for yourself, then of course you have nothing to give.