Quotes About Compassion

They're not so bad. They just need some attention. ...Like pets. Or my brother.

Nut shrugged. Set had always been Set, for better or worse. But he is still part of our family. It is difficult to lose any member of your family . . . is it not?

Goodbye, Apollo,' said the Sibyl's voice, clearer now. 'I forgive you. Not because you deserve it. Not for your sake at all. But because I will not go into oblivion carrying hate when I can carry love.

I guess once in a while we all need a wake-up call from somebody who loves us.

But with Nico … It's hard, Persephone. I want the best for him, and he seems to disappear into his darkness, like he's hiding in a place where he doesn't want my light.' 'Then why not offer him your darkness?

What's the point of being a magician if you can't wave your wand and make the people you care about feel better?

You can't just abandon your family because they did something horrible. You've done horrible things to them too.

Maybe I should have resented him, but I didn't. After losing my mother, I didn't have patience for grudges. My years on the street had taught me that it was pointless to whine and moan about what you could've had - what you deserved, what was fair. I was just happy to have this moment.

Don't mind Mallory. She's a sweetheart, once you get past the fact that she's a horrible person.

They'd seen his deepest secrets. They knew who he was, what he was. But they didn't seem to care. No … they cared more. They weren't judging him. They were concerned.

No one could face battle without caring for something.

Remember what it's like to be human.

The dead aren't scary, they're just sad.

But enemies can become friends.

Holding a grudge is a fatal flaw.

one thing I'd learned from being a son of Frey—I couldn't always fight my friends' battles. The best I could do was be there to heal their injuries.

I am a monster. Don't say that. It is okay. I will be good monster. Then you will not have to be mad.

While the traffic is enough to make you scream, people are incredibly good-humored on the road. I never heard angry horns honking. One time, while stalled in a Tehran jam, people in a neighboring car saw me sitting patiently in the back of our van. They rolled down their window and handed Majid a bouquet of flowers, saying, "Give this to your visitor and apologize for our traffic.

provides a handy and interesting passage to the Holocaust memorial

Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others. Humble people are so focused on serving others, they don't think of themselves.

The purpose of influence is to speak up for those who have no influence. (Pr.31:8) It's not about you.

We are healed to help others. We are blessed to be a blessing. We are saved to serve, not to sit around and wait for heaven.

It's not about me.

Your most effective ministry will come out of your deepest hurts.