“I've learned that we're all just people, and we all deserve respect and kindness. We shouldn't treat people as if they don't deserve kindness just because of their ethnicities. It's just not right. And that message—to be compassionate whenever possible—that's so important to me.”— Bella Hadid, elle.com
“Humble women exude this compassion for others, putting others’ happiness before their own. But, they do this in such a way that brings them peace and protection.”— Anthony D'Ambrosio, elitedaily.com
“How beautiful would it be if we could just see souls instead of bodies? To see love and compassion instead of curves.”— Karen Quan, amazon.com
“There is nothing heavier than compassion. Not even one's own pain weighs so heavy as the pain one feels with someone, for someone, a pain intensified by the imagination and prolonged by a hundred echoes.”— Milan Kundera, amazon.com
“Maybe death is the great equalizer, the one big thing that can finally make strangers shed a tear for one another.”— Morrie Schwartz, amazon.com
“Sometimes only a calm presence and compassionate listening are necessary.”— Stan Goldberg, nytimes.com
“The crimes of Christianity are real. The power of Christianity is real. And when forgiveness and compassion are real, redemption is real, too.”— Jacob Geers, amazon.com
“While we as empathic beings want to feel compassion for those in pain, that does not change the reality that forgiving an abuser to the extent of remaining with them, excusing the abuse, minimizing and denying it only perpetuates the abuse cycle and leads to further, sometimes even lethal, harm to t…”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“If you're dying, suddenly everybody loves you.”— Lawrence Kaplow, Dr. Gregory House, Hugh Laurie, amazon.com
“There seems to be a massive misunderstanding in the world right now about weakness and strength. We've somehow gotten to the point that many think compassion is a sign of weakness, and ruthlessness a sign of strength. It makes me a little bit sick. Compassion is the ultimate expression of strength.…”— Hank Green, facebook.com
“She bludgeoned me with a look of such limitless compassion that I immediately began to cry.”— Miranda July, amazon.com
“I learned compassion from being discriminated against. Everything bad that’s ever happened to me has taught me compassion.”— Ellen Degeneres, quotes.lifehack.org
“He's not in a rush to get to the physical stuff. This means he believes you are worth the wait and it isn't just a one-time thing... A man who is invested in your physical and emotional relationship, and enjoys the buildup and the anticipation is a confident, compassionate lover.”— Kenny Smoov, kennyonline.net
“No one reaches out to you for compassion or empathy so you can teach them how to behave better. They reach out to us because they believe in our capacity to know our darkness well enough to sit in the dark with them.”— Brené Brown, amazon.com
“Compassion is not a virtue -- it is a commitment. It's not something we have or don't have -- it's something we choose to practice.”— Brené Brown, amazon.com
“Until we can receive with an open heart, we're never really giving with an open heart. When we attach judgment to receiving help, we knowingly or unknowingly attach judgment to giving help.”— Brené Brown, amazon.com
“Empaths are born that way, but being empathic is something all, or most, of us can learn. They put others in front of themselves as long as it’s doable. Harmony in any given circumstance is something they strive to create. They are being affected by others’ emotions and energies—so balance is super-…”— Kristine Einang, thoughtcatalog.com
“I’m here to remind you, and myself, that all your feelings are welcome. All your emotions, your ‘too much-ness’, your intensity. All the parts of you that are deep and dark and challenging and hard. They are welcome. They are beautiful and true. They are healing and powerful. They are the place from…”— Stephenie Zamora, thoughtcatalog.com
“The novels I love, the ones I remember, the ones I re-read, have an empathetic human quality, or 'emotional truth.' This quality is difficult to fully define, but I always recognize it when I see it: it is different from honesty and more resilient than fact, something that exists not in the kind of…”— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, theguardian.com