{"quotes":[{"text":"Even suffering when wrapped in love, seems tolerable.","author":"Bangambiki Habyarimana","tags":["compassion","compassion","compassionate","compassionate heart","compassionate love","love","love","suffering-life","suffering-of-humanity","suffering","tolerate"],"id":31196,"author_id":"Bangambiki+Habyarimana"},{"text":"Our wings are small but the ripples of the heart are infinite.","author":"Amit Ray","tags":["compassion","compassion-love","compassion","compassion-wisdom","compassionate-love","heart","heartfelt","infinite","infinity","kind","kind-heart","kindness","kindness-compassion","kindness","kindness","love","ripples"],"id":66042,"author_id":"Amit+Ray"},{"text":"Try to show grace, mercy and compassion, for one day you may need them.","author":"Wayne Gerard Trotman","tags":["compassion","compassion","compassionate-love","grace","merciful","mercy","undeserved-goodwill","unmerited-favor"],"id":98610,"author_id":"Wayne+Gerard+Trotman"},{"text":"When we feel the clown, when we have been played, if we have lived by heart, acted out of compassion, we are the substance of the play,rather than merely being played.","author":"Tom Althouse","tags":["compassionate-love","heartbreak","relationships-and-family","truth-inspirational"],"id":169266,"author_id":"Tom+Althouse"},{"text":"Forgiving is easier when we understand that forgiving someone else means that we are freeing ourselves of an unnecessary burden.","author":"Donna Goddard","tags":["compassion","compassionate-love","forgiveness","love"],"id":181304,"author_id":"Donna+Goddard"},{"text":"It is up to each one of us to immunize ourselves from any disabling bolts of anger and defend ourselves from the thunderstorms of hatred. No matter how maliciously anyone might act towards us, humankinds’ ability to express empathy, compassion, and mercy is the only life-sustaining panacea. Whenever we foster empathy and compassion and display mercy towards other people, we overcome the vilest actions and greatest atrocities committed by other persons. If we love everyone, we can never feel victimized or hate anyone. If we love ourselves, we will never act in a degrading manner.","author":"Kilroy J. Oldster","tags":["acceptance","anger","anger","bitterness","compassion","compassion","compassion-wisdom","compassionate-heart","compassionate-love","empath","empathy-for-others","enlightenment","enlightenment-principles","forgiveness","forgiveness","hate","hate","hatred","hatred","love-each-other","love-everyone","love-everything","love-the-world","love-thy-enemies","love-thy-neighbor","love-thyself","merciful","mercy","victimized"],"id":284359,"author_id":"Kilroy+J.+Oldster"},{"text":"Our job on earth isn't to criticize, reject, or judge. Our purpose is to offer a helping hand, compassion, and mercy. We are to do unto others as we hope they would do unto us.","author":"Dana Arcuri","tags":["acceptance-of-others","compassion","compassion","compassionate","compassionate-love","criticism","devotionals","encouragement","faith","giving","golden-rule","grace","harvest-of-hope","helping-hand","helping-others","hope","hopeful-and-encouraging","inspirational","inspiring","judge","judgemental","love","mercy","mercy-of-god","pay-it-forward","positive","purpose","purpose-in-life","reaching-out","reaching-out-to-others"],"id":297298,"author_id":"Dana+Arcuri"},{"text":"It is unfortunate that for some, kindness is an unwarranted expenditure, compassion an avoidable weakness, and love an unnecessary gamble.","author":"Wayne Gerard Trotman","tags":["caring","compassion","compassionate","compassionate-love","cynicism","human-nature","insecurity","kindness","love","loving-others","quotable","selfishness","weakness"],"id":321832,"author_id":"Wayne+Gerard+Trotman"},{"text":"The poor, the illiterate, the helpless, the distressed — let these be your God.","author":"Abhijit Naskar","tags":["altruism","altruism","compassion","compassion","compassion-wisdom","compassionate","compassionate-love","god","humanism","humanity","humanity-and-society","humanity","inspiration","inspirational","inspiring","inspiring","philosophy-of-religion","religion"],"id":369174,"author_id":"Abhijit+Naskar"},{"text":"The disappointments, the injustices, and the unfair treatment of others can never make me become a bitter person, far from it. It rather makes me become more and more generous and compassionate. Because down in my heart, am very much at peace with myself.","author":"Nurudeen Ushawu","tags":["be-the-change","be-the-difference","be-the-light","better-life","better-place","better-the-world","better-world","better-you","change-the-world","character","compassion-love","compassion","compassion-wisdom","compassionate-heart","compassionate-love","forgiveness","kindness-and-love","kindness","kindness-to-others","kindred-spirits","make-a-change","make-a-difference","peace-and-love"],"id":395409,"author_id":"Nurudeen+Ushawu"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":14,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}