Zitat des Tages über Barmherzigkeit / Compassion:
Well, I think when we can turn to the person sitting next to us and really see them with kindness and see ourselves reflected back - when there's some dignity and compassion traveling back and forth.
Americans in general have a lot of compassion, we just don't always have the same view of how that compassion is implemented.
You have to have empathy, knowledge and compassion for your characters if you're a writer.
Compassion is the basis of morality.
I have a deep compassion for the idea that it's okay to be myself. The idea that anything 'other' is bad and wrong and broken is so wildly off base.
In my own life, when I was most inspired by a teacher, it always involved a real dialogue, a looseness and a real caring and compassion. It was not without rigor, not without discipline, not without standards, but all that was done out of love.
The Minnesota spirit of compassion and help for people in need has moved countless Minnesotans to step forward to provide relief for the survivors of Hurricane Katrina.
But my experience is that people who have been through painful, difficult times are filled with compassion.
What unites Oklahomans today is what has always united us: Our unshakable faith. Our love of family and compassion for others. The unlimited promise of a hopeful future.
Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind.
Of course we have compassion. We just don't believe the safety net should be used as a hammock.
The Dalai Lama said that he thinks mother's love is the best symbol for love and compassion, because it is totally disinterested.
In Minneapolis, we believe in connection, not alienation. We believe in compassion, not indifference. We believe in love, but we are not timid.
America is hope. It is compassion. It is excellence. It is valor.
The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others.
I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.
Make no judgements where you have no compassion.
Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.
There is this notion that the lives of the comfortable-off middle class don't merit being treated seriously and with compassion.
We have to bring the humanity and compassion back.
There's nothing wrong with the free-enterprise system. But it has to have some compassion.
I try to show compassion to people I come into contact with and try to put good out, as much good as I can. But that's my life; that's not my work. With my work, my job is to walk in another man's shoes.
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.
Rather like Batman, I embody the themes of the movie which are the values of family, courage and compassion and a sense of right and wrong, good and bad and justice.
Every day, at home, I have the astonishing and humbling opportunity - together with my wife Sophie - to nurture empathy, compassion, self-love, and a keen sense of justice in our three kids.
It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.
We can prevent many people from becoming terrorists by truly listening to people who feel they've been treated unjustly and responding to their concerns with a sense of justice and compassion.
Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph; killing will be defamed. Let priests secretly despair of faith: their compassion will be true.
I try to show ugliness, but with compassion for the people who commit ugly acts.
Some people are filled by compassion and a desire to do good, and some simply don't think anything's going to make a difference.
When there's that forgiveness present and compassion, it just helps you live so much easier.
I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in any other institution that I have ever known.
Parents walk a fine line between discipline and grace - values have to hold even when circumstances change or call for compromise or compassion. It's the ultimate challenge to be both firm and fluid, soft and strong, yielding yet rock solid.
Let us unite the world through the compassion for our children.
If you want to understand your parents more, get them to talk about their own childhood; and if you listen with compassion, you will learn where their fears and rigid patterns come from. Those people who 'did all that stuff to you' were just as frightened and scared as you are.
Our highly qualified teachers not only work hard, but they care about each and every student that enters their classroom. I thank you, Montana teachers, for your sense of duty and compassion to our precious future generation.
