Compassion Quotes

People complain about their griefs and sorrows and how they pray to God but find no relief from pain. But grief itself is a gift from God. It is the symbol of His compassion.

Loving life is a two-way street... We don't receive care and compassion if we don't extend them to others.

I don't really think about doing something kind, I think there's just a way to conduct your daily life with compassion to other people.

Compassion is not having any hesitation to reflect your light on things

We must be the compassion we wish to see in others!

When we focus on clarifying what is being observed, felt, and needed rather than on diagnosing and judging, we discover the depth of our own compassion.

What I want in my life is compassion a flow between myself and others based on mutual giving from the heart.

No man can feel the iron which enters another man's soul.

I have always felt that the way we treat animals is a pretty good indicator of the compassion we are capable of for the human race.

You never know when one act, or one word of encouragement can change a life forever.

Defend your beliefs with courtesy and with compassion, but defend them.

I knew I could hold myself with that absolute love and compassion.

In a world where people are equal, I feel it's important to have strong male characters, counterparts. Equality is important. It's about compatibility and compassion. And it's amazing.

Real love means loving kindness and compassion, the kind of love that does not have any conditions.

Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.

A diner having a row with a waiter in a swanky restaurant chills the blood in a way that a quarrel over a pizza order elsewhere would never do. Compassion is rarely the custom of the privileged.

It is by means of these that we attain perfect love, through the grace and compassion of our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be glory through all the ages. Amen.

Our greatest fulfillment lies in giving ourselves to others.

To love our enemy is impossible. The moment we understand our enemy, we feel compassion towards him/her, and he/she is no longer our enemy.

Anger devours almost all other good emotions. It deadens the soul. It numbs the heart to joy and gratitude and hope and tenderness and compassion and kindness.

Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul.

Compassion is good but politicians have turned compassion into the welfare state.

A truly compassionate attitude toward others does not change even if they behave negatively or hurt you.

Compassion is a verb.

Mindfulness, also called wise attention, helps us see what we’re adding to our experiences, not only during meditation sessions but also elsewhere.

Beautify your inner dialogue. Beautify your inner world with love light and compassion. Life will be beautiful.

Children, even infants, are capable of sympathy. But only after adolescence are we capable of compassion.

Compassion is not a virtue -- it is a commitment. It's not something we have or don't have -- it's something we choose to practice.

That which is impermanent attracts compassion. That which is not provides wisdom. (116)

You can't make your kids do anything. All you can do is make them wish they had. And then, they will make you wish you hadn't made them wish they had.

My top priority is for people to understand that they have the power to change things themselves.

Perfect kindness acts without thinking of kindness.

Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility.

We cannot steal the fire. We must enter it.

If we have love and compassion in our hearts, then we will wholeheartedly serve those who suffer from lack of food, clothing and shelter.

Often when religious leaders come together, they talk about a particular sexual ethic, or an abstruse doctrine, as though this, rather than compassion, was the test of spiritual life.

True compassion is about not bruising the other person’s self-respect.

Human dignity can be achieved only in the field of ethics, and ethical achievement is measured by the degree in which our actions are governed by compassion and love, not by greed and aggressiveness.

I realize that there's a thing called the bodhisattva ideal, and it's a very nice pinnacle of attention. It's a very egotistical thought, ultimately.

I do not say that one who is vegetarian is full of compassion and one who is not, is otherwise. We sometimes find people, who are vegetarians, are very bad people.

The practice of Sufism is the intention to move toward truth by means of love and devotion.

Pay attention, people! There's no excuse for making the same mistakes that others have made. If you do, it's your own fault and you should expect no sympathy, no compassion.

To forgive is an act of compassion, Buffy. It's not done because people deserve it. It's done because they need it.

Knowing honor, but clinging to disgrace, you become the valley of the world.

Performing is about developing empathy, which leads us to a broader view of the world and encourages us to develop compassion; so we can comfort each other and not be so brutal with each other.

The sage has no concern for himself, but makes the concerns of others his own.

Return animosity with virtue.

But no one walks out of his family without reprisals: a family is too disciplined an army to offer compassion to its deserters.

Compassion doesn't weaken leadership, it makes it stronger.

Where there is no compassion, crime increases.