Quotes About Compassion

Friendship is love with understanding.

Each child's story is worthy of telling. There shouldn't be a sliding scale of death. The weight of it is crushing.

You may not be able to see the battle others are fighting, and you may believe they are confident and have never known sadness or fear, but believe me, they have, so be kind. Take

whatever problem you have with someone, project yourself into the other person and see it from their point of view.

So often, our acts of love are what help people believe the reality of Jesus' love.

But does one not, when coming out of an Italian film, feel better, an urge to change the order of things, preferably by persuading people, at least those who can be persuaded, whom only blindness, prejudice, or ill-fortune had led to harm their fellow men?

Le coeur humain est beau comme un sismographe.

O homem não é Deus. Cabe a nós fazer que seja pelo menos humano.

You have to let other people be right' was his answer to their insults. 'It consoles them for not being anything else.

Juger c'est, de toute évidence ne pas comprendre puisque, si l'on comprenait, on ne pourrait pas juger.

In order to judge properly, one must get away somewhat from what one is judging, after having loved it. This is true of countries, of persons, and of oneself.

Are you then unable to recognize unless it has the same sound as yours?

Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.

Neužtenka priimti žmones tokius, kokie jie yra; reikia nor?ti, kad jie tokie b?t?, - štai kur slypi tikroji meil?.

Parfois, il est vrai, le coeur veut crever de chagrin. Mais souvent aussi, le soir de préférence, je ne puis m'empêcher de penser qu'Ernie Levy, mort six millions de fois, est encore vivant, quelque part, je ne sais où... Hier, comme je tremblais de désespoir au milieu de la rue, cloué au sol, une goutte de pitié tomba d'en haut sur mon visage; mais il n'y avait nul souffle dans l'air, aucun nuage dans le ciel... il n'y avait qu'une présence.

for the rich pity only each other, no?

Elle ne comprenait pas qu'une partie de ce peuple en haillons n'eût rien à faire en ce lieu. Comment Dieu pouvait-il choisir ceux-ci plutôt que ceux-là ? Ce Dieu des uns et pas des autres, comment l'admettre, comment le vivre ?

we must all care for one another—this is our task in life. But also we must care for ourselves, which means we must be careful in our decisions, careful in our relationships, careful in our statements. We must manage our lives carefully, in order to avoid becoming victims.

Remember this. Hold on to this. This is the only perfection there is, the perfection of helping others. This is the only thing we can do that has any lasting value or meaning. This is why we're here. To make each other feel safe.

This is the only perfection there is, the perfection of helping others. This is the only thing we can do that has any lasting value or meaning. This is why we're here. To make each other feel safe.

He doesn't know the value of letting the other guy lose.

I stand and feel an overpowering urge to forgive, because I realize that my father can't help himself, that he never could help himself, any more than he could understand himself.

This is the only perfection there is, the perfection of helping others. This is the only thing we can do that had any lasting value or meaning. This is why we're here. To make each other feel safe.

I tell myself: Remember this. Hold on to this. This is the only perfection there is, the perfection of helping others. This is the only thing we can do that has any lasting value or meaning. This is why we're here. To make each other feel safe.