compassion : noun Definition: sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others.

COMPASSION pronunciation: /kəm ˈ paSHən/

Synonyms: Pity Sympathy Empathy Care Concern Kindness Tolerance Love Mercy

COMPASSION Antonyms: Meanness Cruelty Harshness Hatred Indifference Mercilessness

If we all show a little compassion, we will make the world a better place. Compassion is the ability to see what needs doing right now and the willingness to do it right now. Brad Warner

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive. - Dalai Lama

Compassion is at the heart of every little thing we do. It is the dearest quality we possess, yet all too often it can be cast aside with consequences too tragic to speak of. To lose our compassion, we lose what it is to be human.

"Scout," said Atticus, "when summer comes you'll have to keep your head about far worse things... it's not fair for you and Jem, I know that, but sometimes we have to make the best of things, and the way we conduct ourselves when the chips are down—well, all I can say is, when you and Jem are grown, maybe you'll look back on this with some compassion and some feeling that I didn't let you down."

First of all," he said, "if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view […] until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." - To Kill a Mockingbird