Quotes About Compassion

Indeed, Fred Rogers and his gentle care of children seemed to embody the words credited to Saint Francis of Assisi: 'Preach the gospel at all times; if necessary, use words.

Preach the gospel at all times; if necessary, use words.

Fred Rogers was always saying things like that to the people around him: "How blessed your wife is to have you for a husband!" "How blessed your colleagues are to have you to work with!" "How blessed your children are!

Then, once we are able to see the image of God in our neighbors, once we recognize their inherent value, we strive to help them become who they were meant to be.

If there's anything that bothers me, it's one person demeaning another. That really makes me mad!

There is one thing that evil cannot stand, and that's forgiveness.

If parents can remember what it was like to be a child, they are going to be much more empathic with their own children.

Fred rightly reasoned that if we accept ourselves we are better equipped to accept our neighbor.

For Fred, this practical outworking of loving our neighbor-using not only our heart and eyes but our hands-is what defined a hero: 'To see people who will notice a need in the world and do something about it, and rather than view it with despair they view it with hope-that to me is such an enormous gift in this life. Those are my heroes.

Know this: You should judge every person by his merits. Even someone who seems completely wicked, you must search and find that little speck of good, for in that place, he is not wicked. By this you will raise him up, and help him return to God. And you must also do this for yourself, finding your own good points, one after the other, and raising yourself up. This is how melodies are made, note after note. REBBE NACHMAN OF BRESLOV

He appreciated and represented the intricacies of life and showed an appreciation for complex and conflicting feelings. He wasn't naïve; he knew that seeing the best in ourselves so that we can see the best in our neighbor—an act that translates into harmonious relationships—is only possible because of forgiveness.

Being someone's rock, even if only in a temporary way, would always be heart-worthy.

Amy Krouse Rosenthal

People hurt each other all the time just by being. What matters is that when you hurt someone, you do what you can to make it right.

You cannot take a person's humanity and then retain your own

Being loved can do marvelous things for a man.

The world isn't made a better place by the unburdening of a heart.

We'll fix it in the morning, sweetheart. You can't save the world after 1:00 a.m. Not even you.

He'd always known that shit rolled downhill, but he never knew tears did the same thing.

Green smiled at me, all that compassion in his eyes, and he cupped my face in his hands, as though it were delicate, and precious. "You must never leave me," he said solemnly. "You may take as many lovers as you want, but you must promise to always be here to make me feel like I can do all that needs to be done.

You wouldn't shut up about how brain-damaged that 'little Rusky diva-bitch' was and how he needed to just 'get over his sorry self and give our poor cop a blow job and live happily ever after'—you remember that?

if I was gay, I'd… I'd be mesmerized by you. I'd listen to every word that fell out of your mouth like it was diamonds made of sound waves. I'd memorize the pattern of freckles on your back and spend months taking cooking classes just to find something you'd eat. You are kind, and you are funny, and you are brave, and any man who has you needs to see all that or he just isn't worth the laces in your combat boots, you hear me

Vuoi sapere perchè mi piaci? E' perchè prendi qualcosa che le persone disprezzano e lo tratti come se fosse umano

If you're decent to people, you'll usually find out they're decent people, too.