Compassion Quotes

It's always worthwhile to make others aware of their worth.

You can’t eat beauty. It doesn’t feed you.

I do it because I want to exercise people's compassion and I do it because I really believe that for some reason what I do is important and meaningful.

Calmly contemplating these dimensions and bringing them into the service of compassion and kindness is the right way to make rapid gains in meditation as well as in life.

What value has compassion that does not take its object in its arms?

It does not matter whether you are a theist or atheist, what matters is sincerity, forgiveness, and compassion.

Humility, reverence, compassion, forbearance, sacrifice and self-control are the qualities that reveal the outcome of the true education.

As often as Herman had witnessed the slaughter of animals and fish, he always had the same thought: in their behavior toward creatures, all men were Nazis.

Since its inception, our Nation has stood on the foundations of compassion and justice.

Some people are filled by compassion and a desire to do good, and some simply don't think anything's going to make a difference.

Don't be yourself - be someone a little nicer.

Human existence is based upon two pillars: Compassion and knowledge. Compassion without knowledge is ineffective; knowledge without compassion is inhuman.

May I hold myself in compassion. May I meet the suffering and ignorance of others with compassion.

Always treat people as ends in themselves, never as means to an end.

I always try to share with others the idea that in order to become compassionate it is not necessary to become religious.

Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek.

I know what real courage is, and I understand true compassion.

To eliminate the inner turmoil we must focus our attention inward and act with loving kindness to ourselves—and each other.

The whole purpose of religion is to facilitate love and compassion, patience, tolerance, humility, and forgiveness.

There is something in animals beside the power of motion. They are not machines; they feel.

This genuine heart of sadness can teach us great compassion. It can humble us when we're arrogant and soften us when we are unkind.

It's great to be strong but strength is nothing without having compassion.

It is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action.

I don't think we find compassion. I think we become the space that compassion wants to live in.

All those who slight me to my face, Or do me any other evil, Even if they blame or slander me, May they attain the fortune of enlightenment!

if we cultivate compassion for those who have hurt us, we have the possibility of overcoming our anger,pain, and fear. compassion is a great medicine.

The joy that compassion brings is one of the best-kept secrets of humanity. It is a secret known only to a very few people, a secret that has to be rediscovered over and over again.

God didn't give me the ability to play the piano, or paint a picture or have compassion. But... he did give me the ability to crack a walnut with my hoo-ha.

When something needs to be done in the world to rectify the wrongs, if one is really concerned with benefiting others, one needs to be engaged, involved. This is action out of compassion.

Whether on'e special emphasis is global warming or child welfare, the cause is the same cause. And justice comes from the same place being human comes from: compassion.

A divine dance appears in the soul and the body at the time of peace and union.Anyone can learn the dance, just listen to the music.

Toothaches afflict those who have no compassion for animals.

Other people are occupied, I alone am unwilling, like the outcast.

If you're tired and pooped out all the time, do you have love and compassion in your heart for your fellow man? You don't even like yourself!

Imaginative compassion for that which is other than myself is a constant artistic and ethical discipline.

Can you be compassionate even to those who have no compassion? If so, there is no finer karma that you can create.

Compassion is the greatest form of love humans have to offer.

If experiments on animals were abandoned on grounds of compassion, mankind would have made a fundamental advance.

Some strive to make themselves great. Others help others see and find their own greatness. It's the latter who really enrich the world we live in

Since the state must necessarily provide subsistence for the criminal poor while undergoing punishment, not to do the same for the poor who have not offended is to give a premium on crime.

Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.

Compassion is no substitute for justice.

The beginner's mind is the mind of compassion. When our mind is compassionate, it is boundless.

Union and Communion: this is the essence of Christianity.

The question is not how to survive, but how to thrive with passion, compassion, humor and style.

The war in Iraq has as much to do with terrorism as the administration has to do with compassion.

Wisdom and compassion should become the dominating influences that guide our thoughts , our words, and our actions.

Preach the gospel wherever you can; when all else fails use words.

Compassion is not a dirty word.. it's time we rehabilitated compassion into the national political vocabulary of this great nation of ours.

Compassion gives us a common ground to stand on regardless of your faith background. It gives us a chance to stand shoulder-to-shoulder rather than go fist-to-fist with somebody.