Compassion is ethical intelligence: it is the capacity to…

The religious urge in man is not a mere passing phase in the history of his spiritual development, but the ultimate source of all…

— Muhammad Asad

No true search for enlightenment ignores the suffering of other sentient beings. Ever. We simply need to create a way to address that suffering…

— Marianne Williamson

Any man filled with empathy is capable of gaining valuable insights on the human condition through the suffering of others. You do not need…

— Suzy Kassem

The essence of compassion is a desire to alleviate the suffering of others and to promote their well-being

— Dalai Lama

He who is indifferent to the suffering of others is a traitor to that which is truly human.

— Saadi

Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.

— Gautama Buddha

Before my eyes are many miserable scenes, the suffering of others and myself forces my hands to move. I become a machine for writing.

— Ba Jin

One's own troubles can be borne with fortitude; only a monster of indifference can bear the sufferings of others with fortitude.

— Susan Ertz

Many people today in the developed countries are so far removed from poverty and suffering and starvation that they lack empathy for the sufferings…

— Mary Robinson

We should try our best to relieve the suffering of others in whatever way we can.

— Mata Amritanandamayi

When you see those in healthcare who don't get this burn-out, they are very motherly, fatherly, or loving and attentive with the patients. [These]…

— Matthieu Ricard

We have become terribly vulnerable, not because we suffer but because we have separated ourselves from each other. A patient once told me that…

— Rachel Naomi Remen

Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.

— Mother Teresa

I early conceived a liking for, and sought every opportunity to relieve the sufferings of others.

— Rebecca Lee Crumpler

I will never be ok with the suffering of others - that I will likely continue to fight so I must treat it as…

— Kristin Bauer van Straten