Compassion Quotes

"What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like" "Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give myself" "Man is the only animal who causes pain to others with no further purpose" "When you go out into the woods and you look at trees, you see all these different trees and some of them are bent, and some of them are straight, and some of them are evergreens, and some of them are whatever, and you look at the tree and you allow it. You see why it is the way it is. You sort of understand that it didn’t get enough light, and so it turned that way. And you don’t get all emotional about it, you just allow it. You appreciate the tree. The minute you get near humans, you lose all that. And you are constantly saying ‘You are too this, or I’m too this.’ That judgment mind comes in. And so I practice turning people into trees. Which means appreciating them just the way they are." "A true leader has the confidence to stand alone the courage to make tough decisions and the compassion to listen to the needs of others" "To understand is to forgive" "Our job is not to judge" "Forgive and give as if it were your last opportunity. Love like there's no tomorrow, and if tomorrow comes, love again " "It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own" "The only way to have a friend is to be one " "Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world would do this, it would change the earth." "You deserve love and to be cared for " "To err is human, to forgive, divine" "You are helpful, and you are loved, and you are forgiven, and you are not just an animal wandering alone" "I knew what my job was; it was to go out and meet the people and love them." "Cushioning the world with pity does not explain how one plans to have it work" "To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded " "Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding" "If you really want to get along with somebody, let them be themselves" "It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding."