It's hard to practice compassion when we're struggling with our authenticity or when our own worthiness is off-balance. — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
No nation is truly free until the animal, man's younger brother is free and happy. — Sadhu T. L. Vaswani Copy Share Image
The veil which covers the face of futurity is woven by the hand of mercy. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
That's what tyrants do, I guess. They make you covet their attention; they make you confuse attention for mercy. — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
When we see people as losers, we treat them with contempt. When we see them as lost, we treat them with compassion. — Bob Horner Copy Share Image
There is a real comfort with the position of the victim, which can either result in true empathy or deep paranoia. — Jill Soloway Copy Share Image
Justice is getting what you deserve. Mercy is not getting what you deserve. And grace is getting what you absolutely don't deserve.… — Cathleen Falsani Copy Share Image
“By simply shifting my focus to another person, which is what compassion does, my own pain was much less intense. This is… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“The non-disclosure of emotional pain can be deeply traumatic. It leads to depression. In such situations of vulnerability, one must choose to… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
“Only those who are destined to rise to the peak of greatness are allowed to descend to the lowest depths of despair.… — Tara Pollard Copy Share Image
Being compassionate towards hapless creatures is the most humane deed one could do to the nature, regardless of the size, shape or… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
I firmly believe kids don't want your understanding. They want your trust, your compassion, your blinding love and your car keys, but… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
It is critical for us to cultivate consciousness and compassion towards our environment, create awareness, galvanize people, and build sustainable innovations for… — Dia Mirza Copy Share Image
“Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and… — Michele Borba Copy Share Image
“I am not an atheist. But the religion that I do advocate is not of the Bible, Vedas, Quran or any other… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
...Why is compassion not part of our established curriculum, an inherent part of our education? Compassion, awe, wonder, curiosity, exaltation, humility -… — Yehudi Menuhin Copy Share Image
Gymnasts, lazy people, complainers and successful people have all practiced to be what they are good at. So if you keep practicing… — Tsem Tulku Copy Share Image
“Sexual desire does not obey the laws that maintain peace and contentment between partners. Reason, understanding, compassion, and camaraderie are the handmaidens… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
“Lily had no heart to lean on. Her relation with her aunt was as superficial as that of chance lodgers who pass… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
“I am amazed at the Savior’s encircling arms of mercy and love for the repentant, no matter how selfish the forsaken sin.… — Neil L. Anderson Copy Share Image
“Shout out to the noisemakers. Our world needs your voices. Make noise for justice. Make noise for inclusion. Make noise for empathy.… — Scott Stabile Copy Share Image
Once we have a firm practice of compassion our state of mind becomes stronger which leads to inner peace, giving rise to… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Look for people around you and serve them with love and compassion” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
Compassion is the heart that never stops loving others. It is like a wellspring that never runs dry. — Ryuho Okawa Copy Share Image
“Because sometimes tragedy brings about compassion that another person needs.” — Tony Bertauski Copy Share Image
“When God has shown us some special mercy we should think at once of those who are denied so many things.” — Johanna Spyri Copy Share Image
“Compassion: listening to a month’s worth of snivelling when you break up with yet another asshole.” — Martyn V. Halm Copy Share Image
“cultivate an informed empathy with the suffering of all human beings—even those regarded as enemies.” — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
I'm no expert standing at a podium giving speeches. I share heartbeats. Compassion. — Elizabeth Berkley Copy Share Image
Sometimes caring too much for others means you don't care enough for yourself. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
May I hold myself in compassion. May I meet the suffering and ignorance of others with compassion. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
We do pray for mercy, and that same prayer doth teach us all to render the deeds of mercy. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Truly, God works in mysterious ways. The wheels of His mercy and justice move quietly, but they do move. — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
I use my job to engage empathy and compassion for people society might stereotype or ostricise. — Michael K. Williams Copy Share Image
The action of giving is in a certain vibratory level, meaning giving exists in a certain plane of consciousness. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
What stands in the way of effortless effort is caring, or a conscious attempt to do well. — Joe Hyams Copy Share Image
