Quotes about Compassion

The man who lives for himself is a failure; the man who lives for others has achieved true success.

It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.

I don't think success is what we've made of ourselves; I think it's what we've made of others.

Look Back in forgiveness, forward in hope, down in compassion and up in gratitude.

Know that the only remedy for love is to love more.

Do as you will, but harm no one. What you give will be returned to you threefold. Fall in love whenever you can.

I know who you are in your heart,' Andres said. 'That's all that matters.' And that was it. That was the moment. Now I knew how I would feel if I ever lost him. That was how you knew love. My mother had told me that. All you had to do was imagine your life without the other person, and if the thought alone made you shiver, then you knew.

In a world of sorrow, love was an act of will. All you needed were the right ingredients.

They may be nothing like you, he had written, they may surprise you, they may even repel you when their behavior is out of control, when they climb out their windows and drink underage and break every rule, but you will love them in a way you had not thought possible before, no matter who they turn out to be.

My mother, Abra, had taught me that all people are made from the same dust. When our days here are gone, all men and women enter the same garden.

It was true, when you saved someone, they belonged to you in some small way, but it was also true that you belonged to them. They would stay with you and enter into your dreams and your thoughts, as you would enter into theirs.

Love more, her aunt had said. Not less.