Quotes About Compassion

Cuando Jesús preguntó a los hombres "¿Qué quieren que haga por ustedes?", no fue porque Jesús no lo supiera, sino porque necesitaba que ellos declararan lo que querían que Él hiciera por ellos.

Where there is no love, there is no value for life.

To give up on love is to choose a life that is less than human.

happen if people actually began discovering the actual message of Jesus Christ—that love is unconditional?

The serving that we are called to requires direct contact. You cannot wash the feet of a dirty world if you refuse to touch it.

True humility can be experienced only when we have come to know our power and use it for the good of others and not for ourselves.

This is what makes Jesus different than the rest of us. After Jesus knew he had all things under his power, he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples' feet, drying them with a towel that was wrapped around him.

The spirit of a servant is to sacrifice one's own life for the good of those they serve.

Wisdom understands that it is less important to win a fight or a point than it is to win the person. Wisdom knows that you should never fight against people; you should fight for them.

For the rest of the day I was glad I listened instead of yelled, but I still burned with shame at the thought of what I almost said and at all the occasions I have spoken harshly.

The difference between a beginning teacher and an experienced one is that the beginning teacher asks, How am I doing? and the experienced teacher asks, How are the children doing?

És fàcil, per al qui es troba lliure de penes, donar consell i fer avertiments als qui pateixen.

One day Mrs. Goodkind said, 'Pickles, you are not a bad cat. You are not a good cat. You are good and bad. And bad and good. You are a mixed-up cat. What you need is a good home. Then you will be good.'

Understanding infidelity does not mean justifying it.

My role as a therapist is to create a safe space where the diversity of experiences can be explored with compassion.

Before, I trusted too much and was naive. Now I realize that even the best people can't always get it right and end up acting out. We are all human and anyone is capable of doing what Anais did, even me.

forgiving doesn't mean giving the other a free pass. It's a gift one gives oneself.

Sexual desire does not obey the laws that maintain peace and contentment between partners. Reason, understanding, compassion, and camaraderie are the handmaidens of a close, harmonious relationship. But sex often evokes unreasoning obsession rather than thoughtful judgment, and selfish desire rather than altruistic consideration. Aggression, objectification, and power all

Those who cannot easily forgive will not collect many friends. Look for the best in others and yourself.

I want to want to try to never waste energy degrading someone else. Also, I want to try not to see life as a competition.

That's the point of acting: to bring about awareness of humanity, to conjure compassion, and to alleviate shame.

Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it toward others. And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there will also be in our troubled world.

Each of us must turn inward and destroy in himself all that he thinks he ought to destroy in others.

The mother instinct is something of which I am completely devoid. I explain it like this to myself: life is a vale of tears and all human beings are miserable creatures, so I cannot take the responsibility for bringing yet another unhappy creature into the world.