Before my eyes are many miserable scenes, the suffering of others and myself forces my hands to move. I become a machine… — Ba Jin Copy Share Image
To shut your mind, heart, imagination to the sufferings of others is to begin slowly but inexorably to die. It is to… — John Austin Baker Copy Share Image
As I crawled out of the abyss of combat and over the rail of the Sea Runner, I realized that compassion for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We have become terribly vulnerable, not because we suffer but because we have separated ourselves from each other. A patient once told… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
I knew that suffering did not enoble; it degraded. It made men selfish, petty and suspicious. It absorbed them in small things...it… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Men have been taught that their first concern is to relieve the suffering of others. ... To make that the highest test… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
When you see those in healthcare who don't get this burn-out, they are very motherly, fatherly, or loving and attentive with the… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
The experience of losing a loved one impels us toward a deeper understanding of life. Everyone fears and is saddened by death.… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Being involved with Oxfam has really opened my eyes to the world at large and the suffering of others. But my background… — Joy Bryant Copy Share Image