I'm not an activist; I don't look for controversy. I'm not a political person, but I'm a person with compassion. I care… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
The first step in spiritual life is to have compassion. A person who is kind and loving never needs to go searching… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
“I came to recognise that, apart from her [Françoise's] own kinsfolk, the sufferings of humanity inspired in her a pity which increased… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“Always give with love and compassion without guilt, bitterness or an empty feeling Open your hearts to those who suffer and show… — Gary Markwick Copy Share Image
“So, embrace your journey. Forge your path. Don’t wait for permission to claim your worth. The world is waiting for you to… — Steve Ghikadis Copy Share Image
It's easy to look at the things of this world to solve our challenges and obstacles in life, but when we submit… — Bethany Hamilton Copy Share Image
Caring for children has always been one of the deepest and most satisfying things that a human being does, and yet it… — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
Compassion for the other comes out of our ability to accept ourselves. Until we realize both our own weaknesses and our own… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
There are no idealists in the plant world and no compassion. The rose and the morning glory know no mercy. Bindweed, the… — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
...Individualistic material progress and the desire to gain prestige by coming out on top have taken over from the sense of fellowship,… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
I have to say, as much I am respectful of people's faith and the idea of it being necessary for them, but… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
This is a jury of your peers. They watch the same TV movies. They belong to Oprah’s Book Club. You can take… — Jeremy Robert Johnson Copy Share Image
No matter what you’re feeling, the only way to get a difficult feeling to go away is simply to love yourself for… — Christiane Northrup Copy Share Image
To organize work in such a manner that it becomes meaningless, boring, stultifying, or nerve-racking for the worker would be little short… — E. F. Schumacher Copy Share Image
One of the most spiritual things you can do is embrace your humanity. Connect with those around you today. Say 'I love… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
“He taught me to read the Holy Book. I wish that he hadn't, ji. It hurt me and confused me to learn… — Faiqa Mansab Copy Share Image
Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person. You can call it compassionate listening.… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“Pride, desire, compassion, cleverness, belligerence, fruitfulness, loyalty… and guilt. But above it all stands love. And if we desire to be more… — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
Acting is kind of a forced compassion, where you learn that given certain circumstances, you can feel and do things that you… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
The media have just buried the last yuppie, a pathetic creature who had not heard the news that the great pendulum of… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
The value of compassion cannot be over-emphasized. Anyone can criticize. It takes a true believer to be compassionate. No greater burden can… — Arthur H Stainback Copy Share Image
There is a technique, a knack, for thinking, just as there is for doing other things. You are not wholly at the… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
“I have always regretted instances in which I failed to live up to the highest standards of conduct or principles of compassion… — K. Lee Lerner Copy Share Image
“The purpose of life is not just to be happy. It is also to be useful, to have honour, to be compassionate,… — Stefan Nicholson Copy Share Image
Pope John Paul II spoke with a lot of clarity and consistency. But he always spoke with immense compassion. He's the one… — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
All our relationships are person-to-person. They involve people seeing, hearing, touching, and speaking to each other; they involve sharing goods; and they… — Brendan Myers Copy Share Image
Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits...who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who… — Bible Copy Share Image
“Clearly the current system has failed. Why not give peace and compassion a chance? There is a terribly tragic folly behind desires… — Mango Wodzak Copy Share Image
Bless the Lord, o my soul, and forget none of His benefits; Who pardons all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases;… — David Copy Share Image
My spirit has pass'd in compassion and determination around the whole earth. I have look'd for equals and lovers an found them… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
Bob Geldof feels the big picture all the time, even in the smallest argument when someone's saying, 'Well, no, you've got to… — Richard Curtis Copy Share Image
There's the wind And the rain And the mercy of the fallen Who say, "Hey, it's not my place To know what's… — Dar Williams Copy Share Image
“Summing up: Be agreeable, be sympathetic, be loving, be compassionate, be humble. That goes for all of you, no exceptions. No retaliation.… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
We need artists to help us come together and share our voices and build community around powerful issues concerning our roles in… — Natasha Mayers Copy Share Image
“The Throes of Poetry - Hymns formed from groans of acquaintance, its rhythm weaving between tranquility, compassions, and peril - like bare… — Traci Lea LaRussa Copy Share Image
To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
For it is said, "You shall strengthen the stranger and the dweller in your midst and live with him," that is to… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
I'm kind of at the mercy of writers out there. I need a writer out there who wants to write a vehicle… — Allison Janney Copy Share Image
But victimhood was seductive, a release from responsibility and caring. Fear would be transmuted into weary resignation; failure would no longer generate… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I wish that we had much more of the Spirit of Christ and a great deal less self, and less of human… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
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