Quotes About Compassion

Sighing, she sat back down again. "Perrin, my father says a general can take care of the living or weep for the dead, but he cannot do both.

I was never much good at helping people with their problems." And worse with my own, he thought.

I will hate the man you choose because he is not me, and love him if he makes you smile.

Nynaeve shook her head. She supposed it was one way to find money for the poor. Simply rob anyone who was not poor. Of course, that would just make everyone poor in the end, but it might work for a time

family, especially our mothers. But

A pure mathematician must leave to happier colleagues the great task of alleviating the sufferings of humanity.

Too often we honor swagger and bluster and wielders of force; too often we excuse those who are willing to build their own lives on the shattered dreams of others.

I remember when my aunt died, the thing that pissed me off the most was going to get groceries the next day and seeing all those people who didn't care... didn't understand why I was so upset when I saw her brand of cigarettes behind the counter.

Don't be such a crybaby. The fucking world ended. Everyone's mother is dead, you pussy. Besides... we're on our way to talk to the people who cut you mom's head off... have some motherfucking perspective.

Eres un buen chico. No dejes que nadie te quite eso... Nunca pienses lo contrario. Te preocupas por los demás. Eso es fácil de perder... Preocuparse por las personas. Nos enfocamos tanto en lo que necesitamos... Que dejamos de preocuparnos por las demás personas. Tal vez es lo que debemos hacer para sobrevivir... Pero te quita un pedazo del alma... Cada vez.

You and Carl and this new baby are all I have left in this world. You don't have to be perfect. I know what you did. I understand why you did it. It's taken me a long time but I finally understand. I just don't need to hear you say it. I can't hear you say it.

Kimse bilerek kötülüÄŸü seçmez. Onu yaln?zca, arad??? iyilik ve mutlulukla kar??t?r?r.

If we listen and observe carefully the dying can teach us important things that we need to learn in preparing for the end of our own life's journey.

listening means learning to hear someone's inner world and deepest feelings with far greater attention in order that we don't let our own assumptions get in the way. The dying may speak in images far more akin to dreamland than the world of everyday reality. In order to understand them we have to make adjustments to comprehend a poetic form of expression that is sometimes elusive but actually far more expressive than the world of facts.

THERE IS ENOUGH FOR ALL.

When I am billeted a German home even for one night I go out and search for the chickens and rabbits or pets and give them water and food if possible. Generally the family has pulled out too rapidly to care for such things. I suppose the stern and the cruel ones rule the world. If so, I shall be content to try to live each day within the limits of my conscience and let great plaudits go to those who are willing to pay the price for it.

Core to leadership is the ability to relate to people—to empathize, understand, inspire, and motivate.

He taught me early in life to take people one at a time, based on their individual qualities and never as a member of a group. That led, he said, to hatred and bias; that was what the Nazis had done.

And so virtually every night for four and a half years, writing condolence letters and reading about these mostly young men and women, I wept.

Now anybody can be kind. And everybody's supposed to be. Except that long ago it was something you were born into and couldn't help. Now it's just a faked-up attitude half the time, like teachers the first day of class.

John was worried Sylvia would not be up to the discomfort of this and planned to have her fly to Billings, Montana, but Sylvia and I both talked him out of it. I argued that physical discomfort is important only when the mood is wrong. Then you fasten on to whatever thing is uncomfortable and call that the cause. But if the mood is right, then physical discomfort doesn't mean much. And when thinking about Sylvia's moods and feelings, I couldn't see her complaining.

The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there.

What's wrong with technology is that it's not connected in any real way with matters of the spirit and of the heart.

Birisi nankörse ve siz ona nankör olduÄŸunu söylerseniz, en fazla ona bir ad takm?? olursunuz ama hiçbir ÅŸeyi çözmüÅŸ olmazs?n?z.