Quotes About Compassion

That was what a best friend did: hold up a mirror and show you your heart.

Sometimes being a good friend means saying nothing.

You're not alone, and you're not the one in charge," Mother said gently. "Ask for help when you need it, and give help when you can. I think that is how we serve God—and each other and ourselves—in times as dark as these.

Så här uttryckte Publius Terentius Afer det för mer än tvåtusen år sedan: Jag är människa: inget mänskligt är mig främmande. Och det är en identitet som bör kunna förena oss alla.

The boundary of your state is not the boundary of your moral concern.

I Nya Testamentet finns till exempel liknelsen om den barmhärtige samariern. ... Hur kan vi tillämpa den principen i våra stressiga liv på 2000-talet? Innebär det att var och en av oss borde ta hand om en familj med syriska flyktingar?

Let me drive you out of the fire into a day of humble miracles.

People lose a lot of time in hating others, and there's no fun in it at all.

All the same,' said the Scarecrow, 'I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one.' I shall take the heart,' returned the Tin Woodman, 'for brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.

To please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms one's heart and brings its own reward.

The Tin Woodman knew very well he had no heart, and therefore he took great care never to be cruel or unkind to anything. You people with hearts, he said, have something to guide you, and need never do wrong; but I have no heart, and so I must be very careful.

No Queen with a frozen heart is fit to rule any country.

All the same, said the Scarecrow, I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one.

If I had a heart

We all have our weaknesses, dear friends; so we must strive to be considerate of one another.

It is possible for any man, by good deeds, to enshrine himself as a Saint in the hearts of the people.

Nothing can resist your kind heart and your sharp axe.

Suppose we try kindness, suggested the Tin Woodman. I've heard that anyone can be conquered with kindness, no matter how ugly they may be. At

People lose a lot of time being afraid... People lose a lot of time in hating others, and there's no fun in it at all.

No one has the right to destroy any living creatures, however evil they may be, or to hurt them or make them unhappy. I will not fight, even to save my kingdom.

Fat babies! Don't they sound delicious? But I've never eaten any, because my conscience tells me it is wrong. If I had no conscience I would probably eat the babies and then get hungry again, which would mean that I had sacrificed the poor babies for nothing. No; hungry I was born, and hungry I shall die. But I'll not have any cruel deeds on my conscience to be sorry for.

That is all that makes life worth our while—to do good deeds and to help those less fortunate than ourselves.

But I do not wish to fight, declared Ozma, firmly. No one has the right to destroy any living creatures, however evil they may be, or to hurt them or make them unhappy.

The Tin Woodman knew very well he had no heart, and therefore he took great care never to be cruel or unkind to anything. You people with hearts, he said, have something to guide you, and need never do wrong; but I have no heart, and so I must be very careful. When Oz gives me a heart of course I needn't mind so much.