Quotes About Compassion

We want people who have hearts that break for our world and the people in it and do something about it.

Let they who are without a shameful past cast the first grenade.

I have discovered, assuming you are Good People, that you can help more people when you have money. Good People will be good people with or without money. Evil people will be evil people with or without money.

It stops being funny, when it starts being you.

To get to a woman's heart, a man must first use his own.

I am going to give from every corner of my soul.

A kind soul knows impoliteness is just preoccupied with distraction.

In all tests of character, when two viewpoints are pitted against one another, in the final analysis the thing that will strike you the most, is not who was right or wrong, strong or weak, wise or foolish.... but who would go to the greatest lengths in considering the other's perspective.

Two people may suffer the same disappointment, one might be saddened, the other understanding. Two people may receive the same insult, one might be hurt, and the other compassionate. Two people may have the same disagreement, one might be angered, the other feel love. How you react to circumstances, people and things, IS A CHOICE, YOUR CHOICE... based on YOUR use of compassion, understanding and love.

There can only be a need for forgiveness when first there is blame. And there can only be blame, when first there is misunderstanding.

I do believe that the single most important thing I could ever share with you with regard to maximizing the health, harmony, and happiness in your life can be summed up in just two words: Love yourself.

And never again will you put off your own happiness when those you love choose to be unhappy.

See more. Look with understanding. Help others regain use of their power.

Nothing made sense, except for how much you loved someone.

being of service and making a difference in the lives of others suddenly become what you most want to do.

Let your guilt teach you, not punish you. And let the guilt of others do the same for them, no matter how grave their misunderstandings.

wouldn't a loving gather, I reasoned, have more compassion than to seek revenge on His comparatively feeble children who are temporarily blinded by the illusions of time and space?

Whosoever may torment you, harass you, confound you, or upset you is a teacher. Not because they're wise, but because you seek to become so.

Do you realize that everyone, absolutely everyone on this planet—grumpy office workers, arguing children, fickle spouses, the "narrow-minded," the extremists—all think they're doing their very best? So how do you get through to someone who thinks they're doing their very best? How would someone get through to you?

Without words like blame, victim, and fault, I do believe about 50% of the unhappiness in the world would be cured.

Seek not to fix or change others, especially when they've hurt you. Neither should you find excuses for their behavior or "learn to love them"—however good a sound bite the latter makes. What will serve you most is to create as much space as possible within which to heal, be distracted, and fill your life with new friends, ideas, and adventures.

Forgiveness is only necessary when first there's blame.

The Creator celebrates broken things as a way to love us. And this, my friend, is also what he invites us to do.

Mother Teresa said, "The problem with the world is that we draw the circle of our family too small.