Compassion is not sympathy. Compassion is mercy. It is a commitment to take responsibility for the suffering of others. ~Joan D. Chittister
Tag: suffering
Peter Rosenberger Quote
Don’t feel the need to correct people who consider themselves “instant experts” on the suffering your loved one endures. They don’t know better; it’s their problem not yours.~Peter Rosenberger
Helen Keller Quote
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.~Helen Keller
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Quote
Beautiful people do not just happen.The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struble, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These personsContinue reading
John Pavlovitz Quote
When someone is ill, when they lose the ability to work or care for themselves or for their families, when costs of keeping a loved one alive bankrupt them, when people die prematurely – weContinue reading
Michael J Fox Quote
These people that are pitied or being asked to suffer in silence don’t want to suffer, don’t see themselves as pitiable, don’t see themselves as victims – see themselves as citizens, participants in the process,Continue reading
Suffering Lessons Quote
Bad things do happen to good people. Find the lessons buried deep within the suffering. They’re there.