Quotes about Compassion

My favorite definition of heaven comes from a Benedictine sister, who told me that as her mother lay dying in a hospital bed she had ventured to reassure her by saying, "In heaven, everyone we love is there." The older woman had replied, "No, in heaven I will love everyone who's there.

You have to have a spirit of LOVE---Even for your enemies.

I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.

She's the sort of woman who lives for others - you can tell the others by their hunted expression.

Forgiving and being forgiven are two names for the same thing. The important thing is that a discord has been resolved.

Our prayers for others flow more easily than those for ourselves. This shows we are made to live by charity.

The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.

The salvation of a single soul is more important than the production or preservation of all the epics and tragedies in the world.

Everyone thinks forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive.

Animals have done us no harm and they have no power of resistance. There is something so very dreadful in tormenting those who have never harmed us, who cannot defend themselves, who are utterly in our power.

Depression is like a woman in black. If she turns up, don't shoo her away. Invite her in, offer her a seat, treat her like a guest and listen to what she wants to say.

The key, of course, is loving the churchless for who they are rather than for what they can offer our church.