Compassion Quotes · Page 116

“Use your voice for kindness, your ears for compassion and your heart for love.”

— Vasso Charalambous

Detached reflection cannot be demanded in the presence of an uplifted knife.

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

I have a habit of caring too much one minute & the next not giving a crap at all.

— Anonymous

Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. -Matthew 5:7

— Bible

My friend, judge not me, Thou seest I judge not thee; Betwixt the stirrop and the ground, Mercy I askt, mercy I…

— William Camden

Let's get loose with Compassion. Let's drown in the delicious ambience of Love.

— Anonymous

“In England there is no mercy for the poor. You pay for everything, even a broken neck." 472”

— Hilary Mantel

Make of the Silence your to-do tasks, of the compassion your wealth and of the meditation your beggar's bowl.

— Guru Nanak

“Yet it is folly to argue against determined hardness; eloquence may strike the ear, and the language of sorrow draw forth the…

— Thomas Paine

“It is awareness of both our shared pain and our longing for happiness that links us to other people and helps us…

— Sharon Salzberg

It is a deplorable fact that many Christians are so accustomed to a certain creed and dogma of their own that they…

— Ed Buckner

“The “principle of charity” and the “science of compassion” are both crucial to any attempt to understand discourse and ideas that initially…

— Karen Armstrong

There is a difference between grace and mercy. Mercy is the decision of God not to punish us. But grace is the…

— Max Lucado

By acting compassionately, by helping to restore justice and to encourage peace, we are acknowledging that we are all part of one…

— Ram Dass

It's daft, locking us up," said Nanny. "I'd have had us killed." "That's because you're basically good," said Magrat. "The good are…

— Terry Pratchett

“One with compassion is kind even when angry; one without compassion will kill even as he smiles. SHABKAR, TIBETAN POET”

— Barbara Ann Kipfer

“Chet, Samek and Daleth”. It means lovingkindness and mercy. But even with the position of the letters themselves, Chet, Samek, Daleth, cries…

— Chaim Bentorah

Taylor Swift's dedication to advocacy at such a young age continues to inspire me, and I'm delighted to honor her as one…

— Kerry Kennedy

“Master Rahl guide us. Master Rahl teach us. Master Rahl protect us. In your light we thrive. In your mercy we are…

— Terry Goodkind

I have to say that it's a weird feeling to have to respond to a Christian leader of an anti-Muslims organisation -…

— Reza Aslan

“But we have, if not our understanding, our own experience, and it feels to me sealed, inviolable, ours. We have a last,…

— Mark Doty

We should never judge a person by their mistakes nor count someone out because of their downfalls. We as people had/have made…

— Patricia Lynn

And now that Thou has restored to me the knowledge of Thyself, O Lord, let thy pardon fall on me, since Thy…

— Dominicus Corea

“This much is sure: as the humanemeconomy asserts its own power, it's own logic, and it's essential decency, an an older order…

— Wayne Pacelle

I learned that you lean into your family, ask for help, and show compassion.

— Liv Tyler

“One moment of awakening can reverse a lifetime of sleepwalking.”

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

Compassion means full immersion in the condition of being human.

— Henri Nouwen

I think sometimes the very reason we go through something is so that we can be empathetic with another person later on.

— Kathie Lee Gifford

We need to have empathy. When we lose empathy, we lose our humanity.

— Goldie Hawn

People just tell me I'm supposed to be sensitive, and I'm not. But I think I'm very emotional. I'm very caring.

— Vince Staples

You compassion is a gift, take it with you always and forever.

— Elijah Michealson

Once I stopped caring about you, good luck getting that back.

— Anonymous

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

— Jeffrey R. Holland

“If, all our thoughts were edited, good words would come forth, and be received by a compassionate ear.”

— Colleen Baxter Sullivan

“...human progress has depended on enlarging the circle of compassion.”

— Carl Safina

“Arise, my friend – the world is wailing for kindness – it is wailing for compassion – it is wailing for love.”

— Abhijit Naskar

Unless and until you have developed a heart inundated with compassion, do not sit on the seat of judgement.

— Sri Chinmoy

A religious man is a person... whose greatest passion is compassion.

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

The real meaning of mercy is that it can look on failure and still see a future.

— John Claypool

Grace gives us the power to live, and mercy keeps us free from guilt, condemnation, and shame.

— John Bevere