Quotes About Compassion

Kindness is wisdom. There is none in life But needs it and may learn.

Whenever our interior life becomes caught up in its own interests and concerns, there is no longer room for others, no place for the poor.

I am passionately opposed to capital punishment, and I have been all my life.

I made some friends for life, the way I usually make them. Any jackass can be pleasant company, but if people help you when you're at your worst, that's a friend.

They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature early in life.

He who does not accept and respect those who want to reject life does not truly accept and respect life itself.

A life is not worth much of which it cannot be said, when it comes to its close, that it was helpful to humanity.

Nothing but the infinite Pity is sufficient for the infinite pathos of human life.

In this filthy despicable world someone suddenly reached out and held on to me. My life in my darkest moment, at the moment of all moments. The one person that reached out to me, was you Yoon Jae In

We can never judge a soul above the high water mark of our own.

Every sentient being values her/his life even if no one else does. That is what is meant by saying that the lives of all have inherent value.

Calmly contemplating these dimensions and bringing them into the service of compassion and kindness is the right way to make rapid gains in meditation as well as in life.

Intellectual life requires for its expansion and manifestation the influences and assimilation of the interests and affections of others.

What are you doing here, honey? You're not even old enough to know how bad life gets." (...) "Obviously, Doctor," she said, "you've never been a thirteen-year-old girl.

Whenever we touch someone's life, we leave a trace over there. Always leave good traces so that you can walk in the streets freely!

I've never hit anybody in my life. I never would, and the only way I could make a point was by hurting myself...It's something I've done since I was a teenager.

The record of a generous life runs like a vine around the memory of our dead, and every sweet unselfish act is now a perfumed flower.

Governments must give to all those who have hit life's hurdles the chance to rebuild and have a future.

Você foi, sob todos os aspectos, tudo o que alguém poderia ser... Se existisse alguém capaz de me salvar, seria você

I want you to know I am rooting for you. Sometimes you need to hear that, even from a stranger.

Life is too short to judge others. It is not our job to tell someone what they feel or who they are. Why not spend some time on yourself instead? I don't know you, but I can guarantee you have some issues you can work on.

If you think something is wrong, speak up. You are not alone. It is not your fault. Help is out there.

The problem with people is they forget that most of the time it`s the small things that count.

It's my experience that people are a lot more sympathetic if they can see you hurting.