Quotes about Compassion

what does love matter in a world where it's so easy to hurt someone?

He realized how little he knew of this world, but he knew this: If you could love someone, you possessed a soul.

If you tried to right all the wrongs in the world you'd exhaust yourself in under an hour.

I knew that my brother would still be a part of this world no matter what happened next. I felt my love for him so deeply that my blood seemed to flow down the street to him. My blood sang out my prayer for Luis even while he was still living in our world.

truth, she didn't care for rules of any sort; rules made little sense to a person who had grown up in a world without compassion or pity, where there was no moral code by which to abide.

Mean people are meaningless.

In the human world you had to choose your loyalties carefully. You had to see through to someone's heart.

When you help others, your own troubles aren't as heavy. In fact, you can fold them like a handkerchief and place them in your pocket. They're still there, but they're not the only thing you carry.

And what of monsters? Can they love too? We know quite well they can. For we know that they do.

I had been blind to the pain of others until I had my own burden to carry.

he thought of Jesus as a great teacher, a rebel who refused to see the poor and disenfranchised mistreated.

A lot of people don't know what to do about grief. I don't blame you for a thing.