Quotes About Compassion

When you use your energy and resources to punish people, you run out of energy and resources to protect people.

I feel compassion for you, not pity. Never mistake the two.

Because love isn't just love. It's all he other stuff, too.

Because love isn't just love. It's all the other stuff, too.

He was the worst kind of Christian, Philip realized: he embraced all of the negatives, enforced every proscription, insisted on all forms of denial, and demanded strict punishment for every offence; yet he ignored all the compassion of Christianity, denied its mercy, flagrantly disobeyed its ethic of love, and openly flouted the gentle laws of Jesus.

You're a queer?" "That's exactly what I am. I didn't choose to be." After a while Woody put his arm around Chuck's shoulders. "Well, what the hell," he said. "At least you're not a Republican.

When I'm brave and strong, and care for children and the sick and the poor, I become a better person. And when I'm cruel, cowardly, or tell lies, or get drunk, I turn into someone less worthy, and I can't respect myself. That's the divine retribution I believe in

Talvez os selvagens nunca abandonem o poder - afirmou Philip com ar de desalento. - Talvez a cobiça nunca deixe de pesar mais nos conselhos dos poderosos que a sabedoria; talvez o medo nunca deixe de vencer a compaixão na mente dum homem com uma espada empunhada.

He was the worst kind of Christian, Philip realized: he embraced all of the negatives, enforced every proscription, insisted on all forms of denial, and demanded strict punishment for every offense; yet he ignored all the compassion of Christianity, denied its mercy, flagrantly disobeyed its ethic of love, and openly flouted the gentle laws of Jesus. That's what the Pharisees were like, Philip thought; no wonder the Lord preferred to eat with publicans and sinners.

I may yet go through anguish in hell for my sin. But if I had to live that time again I would do the same, to end Margery's ordeal. I preferred to suffer myself than to know that her agony continued. Her well-being was more important to me than my own. I have learned, during the course of a long life, that that is the meaning of love.

Philip believed that caring for people was the service of God. That was what salvation was about.

The degradation to which you subject others comes back, sooner or later, to haunt you

Sergeant Grigori Peshkov. He was elected unopposed. Grigori was pleased. He knew what life was like for soldiers and workers, and he would bring the machine-oil smell of real life to the corridors of power. He would never forget his roots and put on a top hat. He would make sure that unrest led to improvements, not to random violence. Now he had a real chance to make a better life for Katerina and Vladimir.

Perhaps the savages will always be in control, Phillip said gloomily. Perhaps greed will always outweigh wisdom in the councils of the mighty; perhaps fear will always overcome compassion in the mind of a man with a sword in his hand.

The degradation to which you subject others comes back, sooner or later, to haunt you, Maud thought.

En definitiva, hasta las personas más crueles tienen algún escrúpulo.

Je n'ai pas gagné au tribunal […] mais ce que j'ai obtenu est infiniment plus précieux. Aujourd'hui, j'ai sauvé l'âme d'un homme.

The queen did not know what to say about a man whose virtue was that he did not beat his wife. "He was even kind to his ponies," Mrs. Dai added. "I'm sure he was," said the queen, back on familiar ground.

I could weep for all the innocent women and children who were burned and maimed in London—and it doesn't help at all to know that German women and children are suffering the same.

Her well-being was more important to me than my own. I have learned, during the course of a long life, that that is the meaning of love.

Even if you were taken out of school for want of money, Hugh. It's no excuse for false values. The world is full of poor people who understand that love and friendship are more important than riches - Maisie Greenbourne

I'm on your side, always, she said. But I remember what it was like to be a sixteen-year-old girl. She's as worried as you are about her relationship with Jake. But she's not admitting it, even to herself, because that would wound her pride. So she resents you for speaking the truth. She has constructed a fragile defense around her self-esteem, and you just tear it down. What should I do? Help her build a better fence.

I believe that what I do becomes part of me,' she said. 'When I'm brave and strong, and care for children and the sick and the poor, I become a better person. And when I'm cruel, or cowardly, or tell lies, or get drunk, I turn into someone less worthy, and I can't respect myself. That's the divine retribution I believe in.

You're going to be fearfully unhappy,' he said. He was trying to be nasty to her, but the attempt was a failure, for she could hear compassion in his voice. 'Yes, I am,' she said. 'Would you at least . . . at least say you respect me for my decision?' 'No,' he said without hesitation. 'I don't. I despise you for it.