It has left me with mental scars which could have been alleviated with kindness and compassion and understanding.

BBC: Cancer treatment 'impersonal'

"We are a Muslim country, therefore there should be kindness and compassion among us, so they should be buried regardless of what they did to people, " says another Iraqi man.

CNN: Uday, Qusay win sympathy in death

Countless people have phoned and written from all over the country and all over the world -- friends, strangers, quadriplegics, parents of handicapped children -- to say how inspired they were by such an act of kindness and compassion at a time of such unspeakable evil.

CNN: [Abraham J. Zelmanowitz]

If nurses get the care of older people right by applying the theory to practice, paying attention to feeding them and providing them with fluids, washing and cleaning them when they are unable to wash themselves, communicating with them and encouraging them through caring, kindness and compassion then caring for other patients will come naturally.

BBC: 'Shame on us nurses'

He could be detached and aloof from those close to him, but toward mankind in general he exuded a true kindness and gentle compassion.

NPR: Einstein: Relatively Speaking, a Complicated Life

But they set our community on a pragmatic path that embraces compassion and human kindness.

WHITEHOUSE: "The Better Angels of Our Nature"

But sometimes this hatred broke like a wave, collapsing under its own weight, and before it would begin to well up again she suddenly felt nothing but pure compassion for him, a kindness and forgiveness that almost broke her heart.

NEWYORKER: The Repatriates

At the same time, we can cultivate the virtues that comprise compassion such as generosity, openness, empathy, and kindness.

FORBES: Compassion: The Bedrock Of Our Capacity To Serve

Compassion is a deeper and more comprehensive construct, encompassing such virtues as love, humility, kindness, gentleness, generosity, and an innate awareness that all of existence is intricately interconnected.

FORBES: Compassion: The Bedrock Of Our Capacity To Serve