Quotes About Compassion

Ah! when shall all men's goodBe each man's rule, and universal peaceLie like a shaft of light across the land,And like a lane of beams athwart the sea,Through all the circle of the golden year?

But, friend, to meHe is all fault who hath no fault at all.For who loves me must have a touch of earth.

In this sense, God is the great companion – the fellow-sufferer who understands.

I am thankful I can see much to admire in all religions.

Love can never give too much, But those of us who love Can give in too much.

Whenever a time comes that the justice overwhelms and overcomes cruelty, it is prohibited to form negative conjectures and opinions about anyone, except when one knows it about him. But whenever a time comes that cruelty and oppression overwhelms the (quantum of) justice, then one must not have good opinions about the beneficence of a person, till such time he knows it(for sure).

Live amongst people in such a manner that if you die they weep over you and if you are alive they crave for your company.

Generosity is to help a deserving person without his request, and if you help him after his request, then it is either out of self-respect or to avoid rebuke.

Do not feel ashamed if the amount of charity is small because to refuse the needy is an act of greater shame.

Socialize with people in such a manner that when you die, they should weep for you, and as long as you live, they should long for your company.

He who is deserted by friends and relatives will often find help and sympathy from strangers.

To render relief to the distressed and to help the oppressed make amends for great sins.

Overlook and forgive the weaknesses of the generous people because if they fall down, God will help them.

If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to God, for being able to subdue him.

Mutilate not even a rabid dog.

The best deed of a great man is to forgive and forget.

Not every man with a heart is understanding, nor every man with an ear a listener, and nor every man with eyes able to see.

But to sustain a marriage for 50 years, you have to get real a little bit and find someone who is understanding and who you can grow with. My mom always says, 'Marry the man who loves you a millimeter more.'

always looking off to the side. But that's good too. It's good, to be seen past, as if you're not the only one, as if everything isn't happening just to you. Because you're not. And it isn't.

Human beings have to be more ingenious than this, and more generous. We've got to come up with a better answer.

With a bit of help and a bit of luck, we get to be more than the one thing or the nothing that history'd have us be. We're only here by the grace and the work of others. I am anyway. Here's to those others who helped, that's my prayer when I go to my bed, and may I be such an other to a good many myself.

Stop thieving my tragedy

Sometimes, he says, we don't know why people do what they do. But we can only do our best, the best we can do, in response, and try to be as good-humoured as possible while we do it.

Friends are always pretty, even when they're not.