Quotes About Compassion

I had assumed Herr Neuhoff had taken me in only to help the show, and perhaps as a favor to an old family friend. His kind of courage was boundless, though, and he would not have turned away a person in need, whether a star performer or a simple laborer or a child such as Theo with no skills at all. It was not about the circus or family connections, but human decency.

Sometimes, like after recently learning about Margot, it is easy to despise him. Other times, though, when we lay in the dark and his uniform is gone, he is just a man who brings me pleasure and comfort. I can almost forget who he is, who we both are. Almost.

Quieres a las personas por lo que eran antes, por encima del horror que las hizo comportarse como lo hicieron.

I'm not sure she's ready," Brian added, "to put someone else first.

Don't judge," I say, the rebuke in my voice sharper than I intended. "Sometimes the running just gets to be too much.

Let's raise children who won't have to recover from their childhoods.

However we treat the child, the child will treat the world.

The world had become a much more interesting place, filled with fellow travelers whose joys and sorrows he no longer disdained to know and whose shortcomings he was far more inclined to overlook.

PETA is such an important cause to me. The mistreatment of animals is something that just really gets me. I feel it's really the most important part of what I do. Don't Eat Meat! Don't Wear Fur! I mean, there are so many other options these days.

I'm on a mission to love, give as much as I can, and support people who make a difference.

I also believe that people who love animals have a big heart. It says a lot about someone who is an animal lover and lover of vulnerable people and the environment and planet. Being able to have empathy is key to everything.

Compassion is sexy, and it's good karma.

I've got no tolerance for a man who hurts women. Every man on this planet owes his life to a woman. I hope they catch the bastard and hang him by his nuts.

The whole world seemed to be wounded, broken, hurting.

I do not know her as you do, but I have shared each step of this journey with her, watched her fight for her life, and held her each night while she slept. I cannot help but care for her." And suddenly Connor was glad Joseph had chosen to sleep in the loft.

Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends.

He never got tired of watching someone who'd been hurt in some way rediscover a sense of joy riding on the back of a horse. Buckwheat

At the moment, if you asked me, I would say that this book is about keeping the heart of flesh in a world that wants to put in a heart of stone; and about how, regardless of the accusations regularly flung at them from all quarters, learning and literature can help their adherents accomplish that.

I've never subscribed to that 'Love means never having to say you're sorry' bullshit. In fact, love means you always get the chance to say you're sorry. When we love someone, we always want to forgive them.

And so I discovered that it is not on our forgiveness any more than on our goodness that the world's healing hinges, but on His.

world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.

The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing."   —Albert Einstein, Renown Scientist

So many people suffer from abuse, and suffer alone.

His action no applause invites Who simply good with good repays; He only justly merits praise Who wrongful deeds with kind requites.*