Compassion Quotes - Page 10

The beauty and mystery of this world only emerges through affection, attention, interest and compassion . . . open your eyes wide and actually see this world by attending to its colors, details and irony.

Sometimes when you're surrounded by dirt, CJ, you're a better witness for what's beautiful.

A homely face does not guarantee a homely character. Appearance is the body, character is the spirit, and the soul bears the most vital qualities.

Beauty is wasted on the self-absorbed.

A body without compassion is like the rose without the scent.

You can't rely on how you look to sustain you, what sustains us, what is fundamentally beautiful is compassion; for yourself and for those around you.

When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.

When we talk to our fellow men and they tell us about their troubles, we will listen to them carefully if we have love for them. We will have compassion for their suffering and pain, for we are God's creatures; we are a manifestation of the love of God.

Compassion doesn't arise from the belief that the evil in the world is somebody else's fault or that it is a result of poor choices a suffering person has made.

What would your prayers look like if you believed that the cross really was the measure of God's compassion for someone?

God's people are not to accumulate stuff for tomorrow but to share indiscriminately with the scandalous and holy confidence that God will provide for tomorrow. Then we need not stockpile stuff in barns or a 401(k), especially when there is someone in need.

Oh, Hank," Susan whispered, "their wings are furry."

"Oh, James," Harriet whispered, "their hands are kind.

When the petals of the heart unfold fragrance spreads across the valley.

Kindness and good nature unite men more effectually and with greater strength than any agreements whatsoever, since thereby the engagements of men's hearts become stronger than the bond and obligation of words.

Our wings are small but the ripples of the heart are infinite.

People think a relationship is give & take, but i see it as give & give, & there is no greater gift than the love & compassion within your heart.

The papers say we're married, but it's the heart that writes the love story.

2.27 THE ULTIMATE
With compassion and renunciation walking,
With wants and desires ever shedding,
With love within one’s heart flowing,
Peace and Divinity shall never be wanting.
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When hearts speak, they touch each other and transform the deepest sorrow.

The kindness sent from one compassionate soul to another during the time of loss of one held so dear allows the sorrow-filled heart to open wide, filling the space of emptiness that grief may have created with a renewed sense of peace, compassion, and love.