compassion Quotes

For everyone of us that succeeds, it's because there's somebody there to show you the way out.

In 2008, while the film version of my book 'Choke' was coming to market, my mother was diagnosed with lung cancer. That meant that I had to appear in public to promote a comedy about a son trying to save his dying mother - the plot of Choke - while privately I was caring for my own dying mother. It was torture.

Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.

There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.

I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world.

I got no quarrel with them Vietcong.

Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom.

We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other's happiness, not by each other's misery.

To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune.

I am for people. I can't help it.