Quotes About Compassion

Art is the giving by each man of his evidence to the world. Those who wish to give, love to give, discover the pleasure of giving. Those who give are tremendously strong.

Feel the dignity of a child. Do not feel superior to him, for you are not.

No amount of self-improvement can make up for any lack of self-acceptance.

Love offers us the most perfect soil for growth." Leo Buscaglia

I ask you to consider that the goal of your life is not just to find love; it is to be love. Love is the real work of your life.

Each of us is called to do something in the name of love, to make sure that humanity comes to understand itself and is able to choose love over fear.

To get to love you have to start with love.

You can love a person deeply and sincerely whom you do not like. You can like a person passionately whom you do not love.

No man can be a friend of Jesus Christ who is not a friend of his neighbor.

I think that the insane desire one has sometimes to bang and kick grumblers and peevish persons is a Divine instinct.

It was Christianity alone that made life tolerable.

It is hard to think of any work of art of which one can say 'this saved the life of one Jew, one Vietnamese, one Cambodian'. Specific books, perhaps; but as far as one can tell, no paintings or sculptures. The difference between us and the artists of the 1920's is that they they thought such a work of art could be made. Perhaps it was a certain naivete that made them think so. But it is certainly our loss that we cannot.

No one on their death bed wishes they would've been meaner.

T]he best bosses master the fine art of emotional detachment. They learn to forgive people who lash out at them... and they learn to forgive themselves, too.

A Lutheran pastor in Illinois writes: A great deal of the work in our church is done by non-paid individuals who, at times, hurt the feelings of fellow volunteers. Do you have any thoughts on what to do with mean people who volunteer their time?

los líderes eficaces son «además de competentes, benevolentes».

The first diagnostic question follows from the late writer Maya Angelou's assertion that "at the end of the day people won't remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel.

Michael told me that he designs the "how" part of his actions "with the other person's point of view in mind." Even when breaking off with an asshole, he works to "convey the truth in respectful and empathetic ways.

He observed himself performing an act of kindness toward Franklin, which he explained to himself by constructing the most plausible story—that he did so willfully, because he liked Franklin after all.

Mennonite pastor Arthur Paul Boers offers similar advice in his book Never Call Them Jerks. Boers suggests that when parishioners are hostile and selfish, labeling them as jerks is insulting and detracts from a constructive focus on repairing relationships and changing behavior.

I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of the accidents of race or color. They are superior who have the best heart — the best brain.

Brain without heart is far more dangerous than heart without brain.

But those who are incapable of pitying animals are, as a matter of fact, incapable of pitying men. A physician who would cut a living rabbit in pieces -- laying bare the nerves, denuding them with knives, pulling them out with forceps -- would not hesitate to try experiments with men and women for the gratification of his curiosity.

We Rise By Lifting Others