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Quotes About Compassion

The only thing suffering teaches us is that we are capable of suffering.
~ Melvin Jules Bukiet
are fools. Which two? The one who doesn't see his/her transgression as a transgression, and the one who doesn't rightfully pardon another who has confessed his/her transgression. These two are fools. These two are wise. Which two? The one who sees his/her transgression as a transgression, and the one who rightfully pardons another who has confessed his/her transgression. These two are wise.—The Buddha, Anguttara Nikaya
~ Unknown
This is living, not to live unto oneself alone.
~ Menander
The great man is he who does not lose his child's-heart.
~ Mencius
The great man is he who does not loose his child's heart.
~ Mencius
Potser ens dirà que se li acaba de morir el marit escanyat o que té la lepra. Ja estic fins al capdamunt de les tristeses dels altres... Miri, miri, com s'enrabia... - Qui? - El mar. - Deu estar tip de sentir-nos.
~ Unknown
Give your enemy a face, If he is human, do not dehumanize him. Know him and know why he is your enemy. If your enemy is within you, understand what it is and why you are afraid. Put a face on your fear. When you understand it, and it is no longer vague and shapeless, you will find that your fear is no longer so formidable.
~ Mercedes Lackey
Honor was never taking the easy way when it was also the wrong one. Never telling a falsehood unless the truth was painful and unnecessary, or a lie was necessary to save others. Never manipulating the truth to serve only yourself. Protecting the weak and helpless; standing fast even when fear made you weak. Keeping your word.
~ Mercedes Lackey
Not forgiving someone hurts you worse than it hurts him...even if he doesn't deserve to be forgiven...Not forgiving someone is like not pulling a thorn out of your foot just because you weren't the one who put it there.
~ Mercedes Lackey
would go through a decision tree to decide what to do: if it is a living thing like a person or a dog, slow down; if it is a living thing like a bird, it will probably move out of the way, so no need to slow down.
~ Unknown
We sat in an awkward silence for some time. I wondered why, after all he had been through with his mother, Eugene welcomed another depressive into his life. Wasn't he afraid of the consequences? How did he escape the contagious effects of mental illness?
~ Unknown
Loving someone means helping them to be more themselves, which can be different from being what you'd like them to be, although often they turn out the same
~ Merle Shain
Humanism without the root of love will be a cruel world see worldly hypocrisy.
~ Unknown
Never ever judge a person in the first degree of his/her bad deeds or says, being a smart leader, you must give him/her the opportunity to come back up on his/her conscience, in order to shed credible light on the beauty of the facts.
~ Unknown
Never judge a person in the first degree of his/her bad actions or says, being a smart leader, you must give him/her the opportunity to come back to his conscience, in order to shed credible light on the beauty of the facts.
~ Unknown
The weirdest stuff in the world is certainly to don't love and don't know how to love, that's why others can not be a reason to don't love
~ Unknown
The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.
~ Meryl Streep
George stared at the dove. What would she say if she could speak to him? What would she wish for, for her father? For she, too, had been harmed by a man who had meant to show his utmost love for her. It made George wonder why love was suppose to be such a wonderful thing. As far as he could tell, love was just another excuse for causing pain.
~ Unknown
George put his hand on top of Beatrice's and felt the warmth of both the woman and her hound pulsing through his fingers. "Just because your father does not see your victory does not mean that it is none," he said softly.
~ Unknown
You can't teach a blind man to see but you can teach him how to feel just what you feel
~ Unknown
De que vale ter crença em Deus se perdemos a fé nos homens?
~ Mia Couto
Coração que ama engrandece.
~ Mia Couto
Meu Deus, como somos injustos com o nosso corpo. De quem nos esquecemos mais? é dos pés, coitados, que rastejam para nos suportar. São eles que carregam tristeza e felicidade. Mas como estão longe dos olhos, deixamos os pés sozinhos, como se não fossem nossos. "Só por estarmos por cima calcamos os nossos pés. Assim começa a injustiça neste mundo.
~ Mia Couto
O pranto é o consumar de duas viagens: da lágrima à luz e do homem para uma maior humanidade. Afinal a pessoa não vem à luz logo em pranto? O choro não é a nossa primeira voz?
~ Mia Couto