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“Compassion is a verb...It is the way you live your life every day.”
“If you’re treating people poorly then you're not emulating God’s love. God always resides with the broken hearted.”
“The poor young man must work for his bread; he eats; when he has eaten, he has nothing left but reverie. He enters God's theater free; he sees the sky, space, the stars, the flowers, the children, ...”
“People who don’t know how to use their minds can’t really know how to use their hearts either.”
“The judge speaks in the name of justice,' he said. 'The priest speaks in the name of pity, which is only a higher form of justice.' (Bishop Myriel)”
“Understanding that you can’t truly take credit for your successes, nor truly blame others for their failures will humble you and make you more compassionate.Empathy is intuitive, but is also someth...”
“Culture now spreads at central nervous system speed. It’s a shame that compassion doesn’t.”
“I came to recognise that, apart from her [Françoise's] own kinsfolk, the sufferings of humanity inspired in her a pity which increased in direct ratio to the distance separating the sufferers from ...”
“Laziness is not particularly terrible or wonderful. Rather it has a basic living quality that deserves to be experienced just as it is. Perhaps we’ll find an irritating, pulsating quality in lazine...”
“Help people help themselves. Don’t judge, just help. In this process, be cautious to simply point them in the right direction and help them get moving. Don’t make your journey theirs, nor make thei...”
“For once the crofter was at a a rather loss for words, for to him nothing has ever been more completely unintelligible than the reasoning that is bred of tears.”
“Each of us has a call on our lives. This call says, ‘It’s time to get your act together, then take it on the road.’ This call says, ‘Put on your traveling shoes so that you can be of use to others....”
“It is a hard lesson to learn and a lesson we most of us need to learn at some point: We cannot assume to know a person's history from their face.”
“Once you understand love, you don’t need a reward your kindness or compassion just like you don’t need a reward for breathing.”
“Take off that coat,' he told him.'Sir?''You heard me.'The boy slipped out of his jacket, whining, 'What you gonna do? What I'm gonna wear?'The man untied the baby from her chest and wrapped it in t...”
“Do not waste your pity on a scamp.”
“Whenever you feel insignificant,remember that you can makea significant differencein the lives of others,particularly the less fortunate.”
“When you shall have learned to know, and to love, you will still suffer. The day is born in tears. The luminous weep, if only over those in darkness.”
“Just because she isn't human, do you think that means she doesn't feel pain?”
“After all I've seen, if I hadn't learned compassion, I wouldn't be worth much.”
