Read quote“It's hard to watch an athlete almost destroyed.”
About Compassion
Empathy, kindness, mercy, and concern for the suffering of others.
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Words on Compassion
Read quote“When you understand without selfishness, prajna becomes karuna, compassion.”
Read quote“Ethics is treating others the way you treat yourself.”
Read quote“How can I be of service?”
Read quote“Think like a domestic worker who shows up and cares no matter what.”
Read quote“My faith is one which tells me everybody is worth whatever time, attention and love you can possibly give.”
Read quote“If you’re lucky enough, part of that is being a helpful spirit to the people you love.”
Read quote“Przekonałem się, że tylko miłość bliźnich, ziszczana przez dobre czyny dla szczęścia ludzi, dopełnia zamiar Stwórcy.”
Read quote“That's what life is about, helping other people.”
Read quote“I felt that I have no right to withdraw from the responsibility of being an advocate. It is my duty to voice the sufferings of men, the never-ending sufferings heaped mountain-high.”
Read quote“I looked around me, and my soul was wounded with the suffering of men.”
Read quote“We each hold the power, in our words and in our actions, in our daily acts of kindness.”
Read quote“Love, Nurture, and Forgive.”
Read quote““from being the disturber of the comfortable to the comforter of the disturbed””
Read quote“There is a deep lesson for the world in the black races’ capacity to forgive.”
Read quote“All of us are Filipinos not only because we are brothers in blood—but because we are all brothers in tears.”
Read quote“acquired a passport to the hearts of his patients”
Read quote“We have to exercise not only our common sense, but also our pity and our mercy.”
Read quote“I looked about me — my soul was stung by the sufferings of humanity.”
Read quote“We can feed the seeds of peace, the seeds of compassion and we can transform that anger into practical peace-making.”
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