Leo Tolstoy Quotes

People, although having their own cross to carry, can minister to others through their own pain.

I think I love most people best when they are in adversity; for pity is one of my prevailing passions.

If you're hurting, you need to help somebody else ease their hurt. If you're in pain, help somebody else's pain.

There's something inside of me that makes me want to help people, especially people who are having difficulty of some kind.

By compassion we make others' misery our own, and so, by relieving them, we relieve ourselves also.

We must never minimize the suffering of another. Scripture's mandate to us is, "Weep with them that weep." (Romans 12:15, KJV)

I do not know of a better cure for sorrow than to pity somebody else.

There is desire in those who love to hear about their loved ones' pains.

To have compassion for those who suffer is a human quality which everyone should possess, especially those who have required comfort themselves in the past and have managed to find it in others.

When someone you love is hurting, if it was possible, you'd want to take their pain for them. But do I really want cramps and sore boobs?

Sympathy does not think. It acts. It acts to remove. The ceaseless sufferings. Of the world

Learn to succor the distressed

Pity is the most pleasant feeling in those who have not much pride and have no prospect of great conquests; for them the easy prey - and that is what all who suffer are - is enchanting.

Compassion is a mind that removes the suffering that is present in the other.

Can I see another's woe, And not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, And not seek for kind relief? Can I see a falling tear, And not feel my sorrow's share? Can a father see his child Weep, nor be with sorrow filled? Can a mother sit and hear An infant groan, an infant fear? No, no! never can it be! Never, never can it be!

The generosity, to me it’s less about the money and more about the support and the idea that people still care and love what Chris stood for and love him.

The world is full of love and pity, I say. Had there been less suffering, there would have been less kindness.

Life's unfairness is not irrevocable; we can help balance the scales for others, if not always for ourselves.

We can never untangle all the woes in other people's lives. We can't produce miracles overnight. But we can bring a cup of cool water to a thirsty soul, or a scoop of laughter to a lonely heart.

One pain is lessened by another's anguish.

Knowing pain is a very important ingredient of being there for another person.

We all have the potential to show others love and affection, but as we progress in our materialistic world, these values tend to remain dormant. We can develop them on the basis of common sense, common experience and scientific findings. The response to the recent tragedy in the Philippines is an example of how such values are awakened; people helped simply because others are suffering and in need of support.

In a contagious world,we learn to keep our distance. If we get too close to those who are suffering, we might get infected by their pain. It may not be convenient or comfortable. But only when you get close enough to catch their hurt will they be close enough to catch your love.

If I can stop one heart from breaking…” Emily Dickinson If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin Unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain.

Peace of heart that is won by refusing to bear the common yoke of human sympathy is a peace unworthy of a Christian. To seek tranquility by stopping our ears to the cries of human pain is to make ourselves not Christian but a kind of degenerate stoic having no relation either to stoicism or Christianity.