Quotes about Compassion

Oprah Winfrey, an undeniably successful guide to millions, once explained the three things every human being wants most are to be seen, heard, and understood. This is the essence of empathy.

I want to be with people who are humble and hungry, have healthy relationships, and are working to create new and better realities in the world.

When I walked into the Christian section of a bookstore, the message was clear: Faith is something you do alone. Rick does not have much tolerance for people living alone. He's like Bill Clinton in that he feels everyone's pain. If Rick thinks somebody is lonely, he can't sleep at night. He wants us all to live with each other and play nice so he can get some rest. Tortured soul.

What goes on in the other person's soul is none of your business. All you're responsible for is your soul, nobody else's.

Here's a thing I've noticed: the greatest leaders, the ones who impact the world the most, are somehow able to turn the other cheek. It's as though they believe so solidly in love, so robustly in forgiveness, they have the ability to forgive and even love those who attack them.

Jesus had no regard for the lifeboat politics you and I live within every day.

Jason decided to stop yelling at his daughter and, instead, created a better story to invite her into.

The last thing I learned about relationships by swimming in the pond was there are more lifeguards than sharks. What I mean is, for the most part, other people aren't out to get us.

I was talking to a homeless man at the laundry mat recently, and he said that when we reduce Christian spirituality to math we defile the Holy. I thought that was very beautiful and comforting because I have never been good at math.

I learned that true love turns the other cheek, does not take a wrong into account, loves all people regardless of their indifference or hostility.

It's funny what happens to you when part of your heart gets born inside somebody else.

It seems like, if you really knew the God who understands the physics of our existence, you would operate a little more cautiously, a little more compassionately, a little less like you are the center of the universe.