Compassion Quotes
Then she said, with piteous defiance, "If I could love her, the Good Lord could, and he won't be too hard on an old lady who didn't have an easy life.
Those who do not care, escape the anguish of mourning but never know the delights of love. The meaning of life forever eludes them.
When we start rating each other’s lives and afflictions, we lose a bit of our humanity, compassion and perspective.
Sometimes what a person expresses in their eyes is more than all the books you could read on suffering.
This rose of pearl-coated infinity transformsthe diseased slums of a broken heartinto a palace made of psalms and gold.
Progress begins when you liberate your mind from the shackles of your ingrained tendencies of authoritarianism – the tendencies of greed – the tendencies of hatred, rage and lust.
The religion that I advocate, and so did the mortal humans known as Jesus, Buddha and Nanak, is the religion of love, compassion and self-realization.
I don’t want to take away anybody’s religion, but simply to make them see what religion really means.
Christ did to the Jewish orthodoxy, what Buddha did to the Hindu orthodoxy.
Think of the good that Christ imparted on the society. And think of the great evil that has been done through fanaticism over one damn phrase “salvation through Christ, the Son of God.
Jesus recognized that God within him and became Christ - so did Siddhartha Gautama and became Buddha - so did I - and so can you.
Our job on earth isn't to criticize, reject, or judge. Our purpose is to offer a helping hand, compassion, and mercy. We are to do unto others as we hope they would do unto us.
She wept a river of tears holy water, sent to soften the sharp edges of sorrow a gentle hollowing out, carving new chambers in her hearta hallowed vessel for holding sacred, the tears of others...
you keep me going when i feel like a flat tyreyou do my head right, like a hair dryercan i call you my machanic since you change my mood and get me feeling like i have got a spare tyre.
We represent the true human condition, the one permanent victory over cruelty and chaos. . . . Our true home is the imagination, and our kingdom is the wide-open world.
Some of our friends are our friends only because we used to be friends.
I have to believe it’s right to be a warm voice, a companion if I can be, as soon as ever I find a friend.
You will know if you are on the right path when God directs your choices, not your spouse or significant other.
Females and boys are the only creatures that propose others for friendship. As for the rest of us, friendship sort of just happens.
The virtues of free enterprise can become distorted by greed & delusion.
1164At the end of the day, we all live in this world together and to practice bringing peace onto social media is a huge step into bringing peace into our world.
At the end of the day, we all live in this world together and to practice bringing peace onto Twitter is a huge step into bringing peace into our world.
Give more, don't expect not to be repaid. Give more thanks for what you haven’t expected but received!
Don't use drowsy EYES to look at what Christ used a passionate BLOOD to do for you. Don't use a sluggish LEG to walk towards what Christ used a compassionate FLESH to build for you
Life is about getting and sharing. The more you share, the more you get ....and the more you get, the more your sharing responsibility multiplies.
You may forget the one with whom you have laughed, but never the one with whom you have wept.
Time’s relativity is considered and abandoned, for the more revelatory experiences of starlightin strands, and pearly floors that span as far as absolute compassion...
Art is magic, and art is powerful. Art saves lives- I really believe that. It gives us courage and compassion we might not have on our own.
God hates sin not because he wants us to be good little boys and girls, but because he knows sin destroys that which he loves most: sinners.
The love and compassion of Jesus christ is not understood and felt by devils.
We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.
The only time you look in your neighbor's bowl is to make sure that they have enough. You don't look in your neighbor's bowl to see if you have as much as them.
That's what I consider true generosity: You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.
When you're too religious, you tend to point your finger to judge instead of extending your hand to help.
Cruel people offer pity when they no longer feel threatened. However, kind people offer compassion and understanding regardless.
His lips soften into a smile that cracks apart my spine. He repeats my name like the word amuses him. Entertains him. Delights him.
Nothing that we despise in other men is inherently absent from ourselves. We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or don't do, and more in light of what they suffer.
We all of us need to be toppled off the throne of self, my dear, " he said. "Perched up there the tears of others are never upon our own cheek.
Listening is an attitude of the heart, a genuine desire to be with another which both attracts and heals. (attr to J. Isham)
Walk with me for a while, my friend—you in my shoes, I in yours—and then let us talk.
Give freely to the world these gifts of love and compassion. Do not concern yourself with how much you receive in return, just know in your heart it will be returned.
I don't want my life to be defined by what is etched on a tombstone. I want it to be defined by what is etched in the lives and hearts of those I've touched.
There is no small act of kindness.Every compassionate act makes large the world.
One of the most important things you can do on this earth is to let people know they are not alone.