“I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking of personal gain.”

“I would rather make mistakes in kindness and compassion than work miracles in unkindness and hardness.”

“The lesson I was learning involved the idea that I could feel compassion for people without acting on it. ”

“What would I do without the moral compass of a teenage werewolf?”

“Every single person has at least one secret that would break your heart. If we could just remember this, I think there would be a lot more compassion and tolerance in the world.”

“I think people believe empathy to be compassion, that compassion is an inner sense (a sense of the soul). But empathy is a sense, while compassion isn't a sense. Empathy is an affinity, a communion, a comprehension. They say that empathy is compassion, but I think that the two are independent of each other. You see, through empathy you will feel what another is feeling, including all those plans for manipulation and persuasion. You will feel everything, not just the parts that make you take compassion for the person, but also all the red flags! You see, empathy is a sense that works with the other senses such as foresight and intuition. So, we can feel compassion but we have to move with empathy.”