Quotes about Compassion
Most people carrying heavy loads begin to doubt themselves & their own worth. We lighten their loads as we are patient with their weaknesses & celebrate whatever goodness we can see in them. The Lord does that.
— Henry B. Eyring
Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.
— Henry David Thoreau
The only remedy for love is to love more.
— Henry David Thoreau
There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering what she is to us alone.
— Henry David Thoreau
Begin where you are and such as you are, without aiming mainly to become of more worth, and with kindness aforethought, go about doing good.
— Henry David Thoreau
There is no remedy for love but to love more. - Henry David Thoreau
— Henry David Thoreau
Who shall say what prospect life offers to another? Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?
— Henry David Thoreau
The only way to speak the truth is to speak lovingly.
— Henry David Thoreau
Be sure that you give the poor the aid they most need, though it be your example which leaves them far behind. If you give money, spend yourself with it, and do not merely abandon it to them.
— Henry David Thoreau
The highest that we can attain to is not Knowledge, but Sympathy with Intelligence.
— Henry David Thoreau
It is not a man's duty, as a matter of course, to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most enormous, wrong; he may still properly have other concerns to engage him; but it is his duty, at least, to wash his hands of it, and, if he gives it no thought longer, not to give it practically his support. If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that I do not pursue them sitting upon another man's shoulders.
— Henry David Thoreau
The only way to tell the truth is to speak with kindness. Only the words of a loving man can be heard.
— Henry David Thoreau