Quotes About Compassion

Will you punish me forever?

There are times when one friend requires the blind faith of another...

Mom's crying a bit, quietly, the way she always does. She never utters a sound even when she's crying, and that makes me a little sad. Doesn't seem right. When you cry, people should hear you. The world should stop. I squeeze Mom's hand and she squeezes back. I don't say anything, but at least she knows I've heard her. (Going Bovine)

I mean that she was complicated. Everybody is," Ling said quietly. "Don't erase her like that. She deserves better.

Judge not, lest ye be judged.

Taylor clapped for attention. "Miss New Mexico, let's not get all down in the bummer basement where the creepy things live. There are people in heathen China who don't even have airline trays. We have a lot to be grateful for.

But if we are to remain a great empire, we must have a greater understanding of the hearts and minds of others.

I can't help feeling humiliated for Ithal. He stands at the wall and watches us go, and when we reach the turnoff for the school, he's still there with the mangled flower in his hands, far behind us a small, dying star fading out of our constellation.

Whoever saves a life, it is as if he has saved an entire world.

Miss New Mexico stared, dumbfounded. Stand out? Stand out? I have a freaking tray stuck in my forehead! She broke into fresh sobs. Taylor clapped for attention. Miss New Mexico, let's not get all down in the bummer basement where the creepy things live. There are people in heathen China who don't even have airline trays. We have a lot to be grateful for.

Sam! - Sam said hugging himself. - You're welcome. Don't mention it.

There is strength in acceptance

Sam had a skill that often let him take what he needed. But you couldn't do that with love. It had to be given. Shared.

It has carried shouts of love, and it has dried tears to salt tracks on more faces than it can number.

Sometimes, sickness came on like the flood itself, with no way to hold it back. But other times, sickness came about because of the carelessness and unfairness of the world.

Memphis's eyes fluttered open. Theta's eyes were wide, and she was crying. 'Did I hurt you?' She laughed through tears. 'You could never hurt me.

People had to be who they were. The challenge was to love them for it. And to be honest when they'd hurt you. To apologize when you'd hurt them. It seemed pretty simple on the face of it. So why was it always so hard?

Hate is hate, no matter who it's coming from.

I only know that a wise man once said three hundred years ago that money is like muck; it doesn't do any good unless you spread it around.

Well, there are people who eat the earth and eat all the people on it like in the Bible with the locusts. Then there are people who stand around and watch them eat it. (Softly) Sometimes I think it ain't right to stand and watch them do it.

When people react without knowing the whole story or empathizing with the parties involved, some very bad decisions get made.

What saves us? he said wryly. You do know the answer, Alix. 'Tis all the things you mentioned to Merwynna, and something else. He looked into her green eyes. So faith, hope, and love abide, these three, but the greatest of these is love. Love saves us? Does it not? Not simply sexual love, but also love of one's fellow man, love of God, love of family and

How anybody in town could think me a murderer when I couldn't even throw a stray out into the rain, I cannot fathom.

The repair of these inner wounds can only come about through loving attention and unconditional acceptance from another. The process, however, also reactivates the pain of abuse, neglect, or unfulfilled needs from the past that continue to go unmet in the present. Consequently, there needs to be a willingness to reawaken the pain of the original experiences, which may have been buried in an effort to forget them. But until the pain is re-exposed to the light of compassion, healing cannot occur.