I have long admired Caroline Leavitt's probing insight into people, her wit and compassion, her ability to find humor in dark situations,… — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
“But do not misunderstand - I turned him to stone from compassion. Stone men have stone hearts, and stone hearts cannot be… — Miyuki Miyabe Copy Share Image
“truck and because she was not as empathetic as someone else might have been in the situation and because she was trying… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
There is not a flower that opens, not a seed that falls into the ground, and not an ear of wheat that… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
Gratitude for the gift of life is the primary wellspring of all religions, the hallmark of the mystic, the source of all… — Joanna Macy Copy Share Image
They who truly come to God for mercy, come as beggars, and not as creditors: they come for mere mercy, for sovereign… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
Compassion and empathy are not the same as feeling sorry for oneself. They are emotions that extend our perceptual ranges. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The fact that millions of people use the term "morality" as a synonym for religious dogmatism, racism, sexism, or other failures of… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Pity is not natural to man. Children are always cruel. Savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Simple kindness as a means to no other end than itself is not something that springs up and flourishes on its own.… — Marc Parent Copy Share Image
When your fear touches someone's pain it becomes pity; when your love touches someone's pain, it becomes compassion. To train in compassion,… — Stephen Levine Copy Share Image
“Community as caring . . . So many people enter groups in order to develop a certain form of spirituality or to… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
Surely it should be a matter of moral responsibility that we humans, different from other animals mainly by virtue of our more… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
“I know the empathy borne of despair; I know the fluidity of thought, the expansive, even beautiful, mind that hypomania brings, and… — David Lovelace Copy Share Image
I found my own orthodontist, my own high school. I set up interviews and did college trips. Despite her incredible concern and… — Mellody Hobson Copy Share Image
“Compassion, in an ideal sense, is your ability to put yourself in other people’s shoes regardless of what they look like, regardless… — Patrick King Copy Share Image
We should strive to keep our hearts open to the sufferings and wretchedness of other people, and pray continually that God may… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
“To find grace, we need not look so very far ahead. We need only look at the present moment. God gives us… — Jocelyn Soriano Copy Share Image
There is nothing that we can see on earth which does not either show the wretchedness of man or the mercy of… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
'Hell in a Handbasket' is not dealing with the political nature of the country. It's dealing with the humanity and the compassion… — Meat Loaf Copy Share Image
The gardener knows how to turn garbage into compost. Therefore our anger, sadness, and fear is the best compost for our compassion. — Kayla Mueller Copy Share Image
The realization that we are all basically the same human beings who seek happiness and try to avoid suffering is very helpful… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“To live in denial of caring deeply, to hold oneself back from speaking from the heart as a means of self protection,… — Cheryld Copy Share Image
You can trust that caring, as a rule, ends poorly,” which is true. Caring doesn’t sometimes lead to misery. It always does. — John Green Copy Share Image
If we dare tell the truth with compassion ... and always come from a place of unconditional love, then all conflict, separation… — Ko Hayashi Copy Share Image
Bush promised a foreign policy of humility and a domestic policy of compassion. He has given us a foreign policy of arrogance… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
“The sacred stillness of your brilliant heart has as the myriad wonders masqueraded. But if you knew this secret from the start,… — Eric Micha'el Leventhal Copy Share Image
Before my marriage, I didn’t think about all the obligations that were awaiting me. My experience has proved useful and I think… — Grace Kelly Copy Share Image
Often when religious leaders come together, they talk about a particular sexual ethic, or an abstruse doctrine, as though this, rather than… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
The life of Gautama Buddha illustrates the power of service, compassion and, most importantly, renunciation. He was convinced that material wealth is… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
“I’m sick of hearing it. I don’t think it’s right to stand by while innocent people are being tortured. I feel like… — Kris Noel Copy Share Image
Compassion is not defined in one form. There's no Indian compassion. There's no American compassion. It transcends nation, the gender, the age.… — Dayananda Saraswati Copy Share Image
“We can see Spirit made visible when people are kind to one another, especially when it's a really busy person, like you,… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Why should we all use our creative power…? Because there is nothing that makes people so generous, joyful, lively, bold and compassionate,… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
I think that having the compassion of someone who knows your faults and still loves you is one of the best things… — Channing Tatum Copy Share Image
“Yahweh, I am READY and Willing; So keep me in the thought of Thy grace and mercy. Selah!!! #NABJ #TheMystic #NABJFamily” — Nana Adu-Boafo Jnr Copy Share Image
“Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, benevolence, were all my business. The dealings of my… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Almighty and eternal Lord God, the great Creator of heaven and earth, and the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ;… — George Washington Copy Share Image
May on this GOOD FRIDAY we start it with Fasting and Prayers so that we can bring Gods mercy and forgiveness on… — Babloo Copy Share Image
“Byelorussian songs, if you've ever heard them are slightly monotonous, even mournful yet they do have a certain melancholy charm and compassion… — Anatoli Rybakov Copy Share Image
