Compassion Quotes

Our compassion and acts of selflessness take us to the deeper truths.

Our expensive welfare state is fueled by the destructive notion that 'greed' is when you want to keep your own money but 'compassion' is when you want to take somebody else's.

...there is something wrong with any spirituality that does not inspire selfless concern for others

Our listening creates a sanctuary for the homeless parts within another person.

Conquer evil people by gentle kindness, and make zealous people wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion.

We can help many people suffer less and realize a lot of happiness without being rich or influential. If love and compassion are in out hearts, every thought, word, and deed can bring about a miracle

Compassion without wisdom is dangerous. It's what enables people to support the 'underdog,' even if the underdog is evil

Don't ever think compassion is weak. Compassion is about strength.

Only your compassion and your loving kindness are invincible, and without limit.

Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.

The most valuable things in life are priceless. They are courage, compassion, wisdom, respect for ourselves and others, and a host of characteristics that we call the beauty of the human spirit.

The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

I swear I will not dishonor my soul with hatred, but offer myself humbly as a guardian of nature, as a healer of misery, as a messenger of wonder, as an architect of peace.

The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.

Love is the first ingredient in the relief of suffering.

Change is possible, but it must start with self-acceptance.

Compassion requires us to be weak with the weak, vulnerable with the vulnerable, and powerless with the powerless. Compassion means full immersion in the condition of being human.

True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.

One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often.

In this earth, in this immaculate field, we shall not plant any seeds except for compassion, except for love.

When the Sun of compassion arises darkness evaporates and the singing birds come from nowhere.

When we talk about compassion we talk in terms of being kind. But compassion is not so much being kind; it is being creative [enough] to wake a person up

What has violence ever accomplished? What has it ever created? No martyr's cause has ever been stilled by an assassin's bullet...

The Utopians feel that slaughtering our fellow creatures gradually destroys the sense of compassion, which is the finest sentiment of which our human nature is capable.

universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.

We must each lead a way of life with self-awareness and compassion, to do as much as we can. Then, whatever happens we will have no regrets.

Let the flower of compassion blossom in the rich soil of maître, and water it with the good water of equanimity in the cool, refreshing shade of joy.

Compassion is the foundation of everything positive, everything good. If you carry the power of compassion to the marketplace and the dinner table, you can make your life really count.

We live in a time when science is validating what humans have known throughout the ages: that compassion is not a luxury; it is a necessity for our well-being, resilience, and survival.

May our daily choices be a reflection of our deepest values, and may we use our voices to speak for those who need us most, those who have no voice, those who have no choice.

The world is evolving from imperfection to perfection. It needs all love and sympathy; great tenderness and watchfulness are required from each one of us.

Let us be those creative dissenters who will call our beloved nation to a higher destiny. To a new plateau of compassion, to a more noble expression of humanness.

You know, when real trouble comes your humanity is awakened. The fundamental human experience is that of compassion.

To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.

Compassion is the use of public funds to buy votes

The more we stretch the muscle called compassion and generosity, the stronger we get, the better we feel about ourselves, the more loving we become to the world around us.

Although the big word on the left is 'compassion,' the big agenda on the left is dependency.

One should not hurt others even by words. One must not speak an unpleasant truth unnecessarily.

God's ways are higher than our ways not because he is less compassionate than we are but because he is more compassionate than we can ever imagine.

May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds.

What a liberating thing to realize that our problems are probably our richest sources for rising to the ultimate virtue of compassion.

Pity arises when we are sorry for someone.Compassion is when we understand and help wisely.

Sometimes we make things too complicated when we really need to remember that the kingdom belongs to children.

As we grow in our consciousness.. there will be more compassion and more love. And then... the barriers between people.. between religions.. and between nations will begin to fall.

Healing comes when we meet our wounded places with compassion.

Compassion is a spiritual technology.

Compassion is the currency that leads to true wealth.

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

When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.

In art there is compassion, in compassion there is humanity, with humanity there is generosity and love,' Peters said.