Quotes About Compassion

When my film flops, I believe it is my mistake. There have been times when I didn't come out of my house because my films didn't do well. I lock myself in for months. I don't talk to people. I feel bad for producer, director, for those who lost money. It's never about myself or my career alone.

I say to people who care for people who are dying, if you really love that person and want to help them, be with them when their end comes close. Sit with them - you don't even have to talk. You don't have to do anything but really be there with them.

Compassion in evangelical churches is out of balance. When I talk about it, I get a lot of glazed expressions.

My message is that giving is very important. Giving is a Jewish thing, and I like to talk about that. There's nothing more important, personally, for anybody than being able to give.

Race prejudice can't be talked down, it must be lived down.

Lorna was quite young when her mother died, and I think she's blocked out some of the memories. I talked to her a little bit about that, but I wasn't prepared to go around and poke and hurt her.

People all want and need different emotional responses - some people like to be talked down when they're angry; some people want to be left alone.

A lot of the things I've talked about are being a human being, being respectful, and really just caring about others, and trying to draw the line in the sand when it comes to hate and divisiveness.

It would be wonderful to have a president who talked about bringing America together and exhibited that, who was involved in doing a social project... that would show humility.

Self-compassion encourages mindfulness, or noticing your feelings without judgment; self-kindness, or talking to yourself in a soothing way; and common humanity, or thinking about how others might be suffering similarly.

One cannot imagine St. Francis of Assisi talking about rights.

I have a hard time with people who say they write for children but they don't really like children. I love children. I love talking with them.

Certainly I'll never be able to put myself in the situation that people growing up in the less developed countries are in. I've gotten a bit of a sense of it by being out there and meeting people and talking with them.

A lady emailed me that her child had been diagnosed with autism and that hearing my material on the subject had helped her. To me, it just means that I'm making the right decision in talking about this.

When we're talking about friendships, generosity and fairness and equanimity and sharing and all those things are super-important to me.

The only time I ever get choked is when I'm at Make-A-Wish headquarters, because you're talking and working with people who share the same ideals.

I think, these days when someone talks about their struggles of mental health, we are almost surprised by it. It comes as a revelation and we all really acknowledge it.

Billy Graham talks about how he doesn't judge people. I don't either. Some people I am just pissed at.

Everybody's gone through some kind of struggle in their life, and I'd like to be the type of voice who talks about it.

Everyone talks about new love all the time, but there's so much to draw from when you've been in a longer relationship. It makes me stick my chest out a little bit. It's like, 'I know what you've been through, but you don't know what it's like over here.'

I wrote 'A Boy and His Soul' that talks about how my mother had lupus and my dad dying of a heart condition.

Nobody talks about the poor. Everybody talks about the middle class and just kinda want to ignore that the poor exist. And you cannot ignore that they exist if you want to help them.

What everybody talks about is their own problem, to be honest with you.

In many respects Angie saved Zahara's life and there are so many more children whose lives she could save and she talks about that constantly.