Compassion Quotes · Page 122

“Letting go doesn’t mean not caring, it means not taking responsibility for what other people do, feel or think.”

— Theresa Francis-Cheung

“At their best, all religious, philosophical, and ethical traditions are based on the principle of compassion. I”

— Karen Armstrong

“Father, help me remember: “Pity weeps and runs away; compassion comes to help and stay” (Janet Curtis O’Leary).”

— Guideposts

“We deny the same love to others that we deny ourselves. We distort others in the same way we distort ourselves.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

I have learned to give, not because I have too much, but because I have known the feeling of not having anything.

— Anonymous

Love and Compassion are the true religions to me. But to develop this, we do not need to believe in any religion.

— Anonymous

“More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate.”

— Roy T. Bennett

“Numbness and cynicism, I suspect, are more often the products of frustrated compassion than of evil intentions.”

— David Hilfiker

“When we practice viewing others as perfect right now, we increase our capacity to view ourselves with more compassion, kindness, and self-love.”

— Anella Wetter

Without despair, we will share, and the joys of caring will not be erased. What has been, must never end, the joys…

— George Michael

Laws ... proportionate and mild should never be dispensed with. Let mercy be the character of the law-giver, but let the judge…

— Thomas Jefferson

“The worse I am, the more I need God. I can't shut myself out from His mercy. That is what it would…

— Evelyn Waugh

If the message of Jesus was love, hope and compassion, and I can bring that to more people by being a more…

— Diogo Morgado

“As we meditate on the undeserved mercy of God in forgiving our sins, we will freely grant forgiveness and kindness to our…

— Carolyn Mahaney

If I had not felt certain that every additional trial was ordered by infinite love and mercy, I could not have survived…

— Adoniram Judson

It becomes increasingly clear that we won’t be free of self-destructive patterns unless we develop a compassionate understanding of what they are.

— Pema Chodron

“To eliminate nonessentials means saying no to someone. Often. It means pushing against social expectations. To do it well takes courage and…

— Tommy Brown

“would not feel me between your teeth. Come, take these two wicked girls, they are tender morsels for you, fat as young…

— Jacob Grimm

His universal compassion was due less to natural instinct, than to a profound conviction, a sum of thoughts that in the course…

— Victor Hugo

“And when you provide love and compassion to your brothers and sisters, you yourself, are manifesting God. When you come to understand…

— Nick Bunick

On a small scale, person-to-person, Jesus encountered the kinds of suffering common to all of us. And how did he respond? Avoiding…

— Philip Yancey

“You are my courage, as I am your conscience,” he whispered. “You are my heart—and I your compassion. We are neither of…

— Diana Gabaldon

“[P]eople think of compassion as, like, kindness. The image comes to mind of some nice New Age guy bending to something with…

— George Saunders

Compassion is aptly summed up in the Golden Rule, which asks us to look into our own hearts, discover what gives us…

— Karen Armstrong

If experiments on animals were abandoned on grounds of compassion, mankind would have made a fundamental advance.

— Richard Wagner

My plans are perfect, and when I start to carry them out, may God have mercy on Bobby Lee, for I shall…

— Joseph Hooker

“We're connected by millions of shared experiences and dreams and nightmares, all tied together with compassion.”

— Laura Anderson Kurk

Mankind is not a tribe of animals to which we owe compassion. Mankind is a club to which we owe our subscription.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Dear God, give bread to those who are hungry and a hunger and thirst for justice to those who have plenty. Amen.”

— Benedictine prayer

Be happy for those who are happy, have compassion towards the unhappy, and maintain equanimity towards the wicked.

— Patanjali

Can you be compassionate even to those who have no compassion? If so, there is no finer karma that you can create.

— Gary Zukav

I stopped caring about what people thought of me, perceptions, expectations of me. unconditional, unconditional...

— Anonymous

We are taught that revenge is strong and compassion is weak. We are taught that power is more important than love.

— Sharon Salzberg

“Instead of you to be at the mercy of whatever they have made you into, rebuild your life into what it should…

— Sunday Adelaja

There is a real comfort with the position of the victim, which can either result in true empathy or deep paranoia.

— Jill Soloway

“Snow laden trees, streets washed clean, the timeless hymnal open to the sky in the deep throated song of winter.”

— Don Hynes

Happy are those whose self-centered lives have been crushed and reshaped by the Master's hand to be full of mercy.

— John Hagee

“Happiness is the ultimate inner experience of living with generosity, love, kindness, compassion, and gratitude.”

— Debasish Mridha

Sometimes we are separated by differences, and sometimes we are united by common ideals of respect and compassion.

— Paul Watson

Be the wisdom your support. Be the compassion your guide and listen to the Divine Music that beats in every heart.

— Guru Nanak