Quotes about Compassion

One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship with other human beings as we take our place among them.

This late age of the world's experience had bred in them all, all men and women, a well of tears.

When I heard you cry I followed you, and saw you put down your handkerchief, screwed up, with its rage, with its hate, knotted in it.

I was fighting with Thoby on the lawn. We were pommelling each other with our fists. Just as I raised my fist to hit him, I felt: why hurt another person? I dropped my hand instantly, and stood there, and let him beat me. I remember the feeling. It was a feeling of hopeless sadness. It was as if I became aware of something terrible; and of my own powerlessness. I slunk off alone, feeling horribly depressed.

To know the truth—to accept without bitterness

He's read nothing, thought nothing, felt nothing, he could hear her saying in that empathic voice which carried so much farther than she knew.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

Kindness in words creates confidence; kindness in thinking creates profoundness; kindness in giving creates love.

Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being. Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are. Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

It is the understanding of others and the awareness of their needs, that the ambassador of CHRIST should strive to cultivate

By the grace of God and by keeping busy making life better for others. That is how women always get through the hard parts of life.