I truly believe that compassion provides the basis of…

I believe that to meet the challenge of our times, human beings will have to develop a greater sense of universal responsibility. We must…

— Dalai Lama

I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives.

— Dalai Lama

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

— Stephen Levine

Self compassion provides impetus to be kind to yourself.Kindness to yourself gives inner peace, necessary for self improvement.

— Dr Anil Kumar Sinha

Compassion is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace, mental stability and for human survival.

— Dalai Lama

Universal responsibility is the key to human survival. It is the best foundation for world peace.

— Dalai Lama

Each of us must learn to work not just for one self, one's own family or one's nation, but for the benefit of all…

— Dalai Lama

There was the natural human survival instinct to be optimistic.

— Barbara Demick

Humans are a great survivor species but our survival will be pretty grim if all of the plants and animals we depend on die…

— Annalee Newitz

We all, I think, believe in compassion. If you look at all the world religions, all the main world religions, you'll find within them…

— Jackie Tabick

In Minneapolis, we believe in connection, not alienation. We believe in compassion, not indifference. We believe in love, but we are not timid.

— Betsy Hodges

I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives. Im…

— Anonymous

“I believe that compassion is the key to our evolution as a species.”

— Amy Leigh Mercree

We claim we believe in compassion, which is an abstract, and when it's personified we discredit the man

— Mort Sahl

As much as we would like to deny it, reading is not vital to human survival.

— Karin Slaughter