“Empathy is really the opposite of spiritual meanness. It’s the capacity to understand that every war is both won and lost. And that someone else’s pain is as meaningful as your own.”
"Because nothing wondrous can come in this world unless it rests on the shoulders of kindness."
- Barbara Kingsolver
Compassion
"The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof."
- Barbara Kingsolver
Hope
"Hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof."
- Barbara Kingsolver
Hope
"Hope is a renewable option: If you run out of it at the end of the day, you get to start over in the morning."
- Barbara Kingsolver
Hope
"A first child is your own best foot forward, and how you do cheer those little feet as they strike out."
- Barbara Kingsolver
Hope
"Beauty is a gentle and loving heart."
- Beauty and the Beast
Compassion
"There is no greater beauty than kindness and compassion."
- Beauty and the Beast
Compassion
"Selflessness is the most beautiful trait one can possess."
- Beauty and the Beast
Compassion
"A kind heart can bring light to the darkest of places."
- Beauty and the Beast
Compassion
"In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us."
- Flora Edwards
Compassion