--- title: "32 Compassion Quotes By Laozi" description: "32 Compassion quotes by Laozi. Plus more from Laozi and more Compassion sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30b/laozi-147_character_the-highest-virtue-seems-as-low-as-a-val_1628498.jpg" --- > [The highest virtue seems as low as a valley.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/the-highest-virtue-seems-as-low-as-a-valley/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30b/laozi-147_character_the-highest-virtue-seems-as-low-as-a-val_1628498.jpg) > [If you would take, you must first give.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/if-you-would-take-you-must-first-give/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2e/laozi-147_chinese-philosopher_if-you-would-take-you-must-first-give-22_2219487.jpg) > [I am wearied, as if I lacked a home to go to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/i-am-wearied-as-if-i-lacked-a-home-to-go-to/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4df/laozi-147_compassion_i-am-wearied-as-if-i-lacked-a-home-to-go_893540.jpg) > [By compassion one can be brave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/by-compassion-one-can-be-brave/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/968/laozi-147_be-brave_by-compassion-one-can-be-brave-1244366_1244366.jpg) > [Perfect kindness acts without thinking of kindness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/perfect-kindness-acts-without-thinking-of-kindness/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fe/laozi-147_compassion_perfect-kindness-acts-without-thinking-o_698407.jpg) > [The highest benevolence acts without purpose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/the-highest-benevolence-acts-without-purpose/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59d/laozi-147_benevolence_the-highest-benevolence-acts-without-pur_307582.jpg) > [The high must make the low its base.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/the-high-must-make-the-low-its-base/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efb/laozi-147_compassion_the-high-must-make-the-low-its-base-1527_1527743.jpg) > [Return animosity with virtue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/return-animosity-with-virtue/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7df/laozi-147_animosity_return-animosity-with-virtue-2325179_2325179.jpg) > [Other people have more than they need, I alone seem wanting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/other-people-have-more-than-they-need-i-alone-seem-wanting/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/296/laozi-147_compassion_other-people-have-more-than-they-need-i_407128.jpg) > [The sage has no concern for himself, but makes the concerns of others his own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/the-sage-has-no-concern-for-himself-but-makes-the-concerns-of-others/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d6/laozi-147_compassion_the-sage-has-no-concern-for-himself-but_3174322.jpg) > [Other people are occupied, I alone am unwilling, like the outcast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/other-people-are-occupied-i-alone-am-unwilling-like-the-outcast/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a5/laozi-147_compassion_other-people-are-occupied-i-alone-am-unw_1358967.jpg) > [The sage honors his part of the settlement, but does not exact his due from others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/the-sage-honors-his-part-of-the-settlement-but-does-not-exact-his-due/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcf/laozi-147_compassion_the-sage-honors-his-part-of-the-settleme_1929829.jpg) > [Follow diligently the Way in your own heart, but make no display of it to the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/follow-diligently-the-way-in-your-own-heart-but-make-no-display-of-it/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6d/laozi-147_compassion_follow-diligently-the-way-in-your-own-he_2614916.jpg) > [Knowing honor, but clinging to disgrace, you become the valley of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/knowing-honor-but-clinging-to-disgrace-you-become-the-valley-of-the/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41e/laozi-147_clinging_knowing-honor-but-clinging-to-disgrace-y_1349848.jpg) > [People turn their eyes and ears to him (the sage), and the sage cares for them like his own children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/people-turn-their-eyes-and-ears-to-him-the-sage-and-the-sage-cares/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37a/laozi-147_care_people-turn-their-eyes-and-ears-to-him-t_2163123.jpg) > [Keep behind, and you shall be put in front; keep out, and you shall be kept in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/keep-behind-and-you-shall-be-put-in-front-keep-out-and-you-shall-be/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d55/laozi-147_behinds_keep-behind-and-you-shall-be-put-in-fron_2279088.jpg) > [To be brave without compassion, generous without moderation, and rule without refraining from being first in the world, are certain deaths.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/to-be-brave-without-compassion-generous-without-moderation-and-rule/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/759/laozi-147_be-brave_to-be-brave-without-compassion-generous_2269382.jpg) > [See others as yourself. See families as your family. See towns as your town. See countries as your country. See worlds as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/see-others-as-yourself-see-families-as-your-family-see-towns-as-your/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/caa/laozi-147_compassion_see-others-as-yourself-see-families-as-y_770110.jpg) > [Those who have compassion when they do battle will be victorious. Those who likewise defend themselves will be safe. Heaven will rescue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/those-who-have-compassion-when-they-do-battle-will-be-victorious/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50a/laozi-147_battle_those-who-have-compassion-when-they-do-b_2681844.jpg) > [I have three treasures that I cherish. The first is compassion. The second is moderation. The third is not claiming to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/i-have-three-treasures-that-i-cherish-the-first-is-compassion-the/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/200/laozi-147_cherish_i-have-three-treasures-that-i-cherish-th_2519195.jpg) > [If the sage wants to stand above people, he must speak to them from below. If he wants to lead people, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/if-the-sage-wants-to-stand-above-people-he-must-speak-to-them-from/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b49/laozi-147_behinds_if-the-sage-wants-to-stand-above-people_8427.jpg) > [I have three treasures which I hold and keep. The first is mercy; the second is economy. The third is daring not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/i-have-three-treasures-which-i-hold-and-keep-the-first-is-mercy-the/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d07/laozi-147_compassion_i-have-three-treasures-which-i-hold-and_58389.jpg) > [Without the tao, Kindness and compassion are replaced by law and justice; Faith and trust are supplanted by ritual and ceremony.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/without-the-tao-kindness-and-compassion-are-replaced-by-law-and/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3e/laozi-147_ceremony_without-the-tao-kindness-and-compassion_3134951.jpg) > [The Master views the parts with compassion, because he understands the whole. His constant practice is humility. He doesn't glitter like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/the-master-views-the-parts-with-compassion-because-he-understands-the/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50e/laozi-147_common_the-master-views-the-parts-with-compassi_2697768.jpg) > [Weapons are the tools of violence;all decent men detest them.Weapons are the tools of fear;a decent man will avoid themexcept in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/weapons-are-the-tools-of-violence-all-decent-men-detest-them-weapons/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ec/laozi-147_attending_weapons-are-the-tools-of-violence-all-de_806786.jpg) > [In harmony with the Tao, the sky is clear and spacious, the earth is solid and full, all creature flourish together, content…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/in-harmony-with-the-tao-the-sky-is-clear-and-spacious-the-earth-is/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/869/laozi-147_clear_in-harmony-with-the-tao-the-sky-is-clear_112373.jpg) > [Knowing the bright, but clinging to the dark, you become a model to the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/knowing-the-bright-but-clinging-to-the-dark-you-become-a-model-to-the/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e16/laozi-147_clinging_knowing-the-bright-but-clinging-to-the-d_328594.jpg) > [Only I am clumsy, like drifting on the waves of the sea, without direction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/only-i-am-clumsy-like-drifting-on-the-waves-of-the-sea-without/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d64/laozi-147_clumsy_only-i-am-clumsy-like-drifting-on-the-wa_1691916.jpg) > [In caring for others and serving heaven, There is nothing like using restraint.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/in-caring-for-others-and-serving-heaven-there-is-nothing-like-using/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bd/laozi-147_caring_in-caring-for-others-and-serving-heaven_3066108.jpg) > [To the good I would be good; to the not-good I would also be good, in order to make them good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/to-the-good-i-would-be-good-to-the-not-good-i-would-also-be-good-in/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b25/laozi-147_be-good_to-the-good-i-would-be-good-to-the-not-g_586220.jpg) > [Other people are joyous, like on the feast of the ox, like on the way up to the terrace in the spring.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/other-people-are-joyous-like-on-the-feast-of-the-ox-like-on-the-way/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac2/laozi-147_baby_other-people-are-joyous-like-on-the-feas_2814676.jpg) > [Supreme good is like water. Water greatly benefits all things, without conflict. It flows through places that people loathe. Thereby it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/supreme-good-is-like-water-water-greatly-benefits-all-things-without/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/547/laozi-147_all-things_supreme-good-is-like-water-water-greatly_2549766.jpg) ## Other authors on Compassion - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dalai-lama-26000.jpg) Dalai Lama 223 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compassion/dalai-lama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sharon-salzberg-84572.jpg) Sharon Salzberg 65 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compassion/sharon-salzberg/) - [Shannon L. 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Longoria Jr 58 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compassion/raymond-d-longoria-jr/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pema-chodron-74476.jpg) Pema Chodron 53 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compassion/pema-ch-dr-n/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-abhijit-naskar-99.jpg) Abhijit Naskar 52 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compassion/abhijit-naskar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nhat-hanh-70939.jpg) Nhat Hanh 48 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compassion/nhat-hanh/) - [Scott Stabile 47 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compassion/scott-stabile/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-karen-armstrong-55066.jpg) Karen Armstrong 42 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compassion/karen-armstrong/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-b-b-king-1507543-16033.jpg) Joseph P. Kauffman 41 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compassion/joseph-p-kauffman/) - [Lailah Gifty Akita 39 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compassion/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bren-brown-19292.jpg) Brené Brown 39 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compassion/bren-brown/) ## More by Laozi > [When you have accomplished your goal simply walk away. This is the path way to Heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/when-you-have-accomplished-your-goal-simply-walk-away-this-is-the/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [In lightness the root is lost. In haste the ruler is lost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/in-lightness-the-root-is-lost-in-haste-the-ruler-is-lost/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [If the sage wants to stand above people, he must speak to them from below. If he wants to lead people, he must follow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/if-the-sage-wants-to-stand-above-people-he-must-speak-to-them-from/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [Goodie-goodies are the thieves of virtue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/goodie-goodies-are-the-thieves-of-virtue/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled. He that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/he-that-humbles-himself-shall-be-preserved-entire-he-that-bends-shall/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [The Way of the Sage is to act but not to compete.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/the-way-of-the-sage-is-to-act-but-not-to-compete/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [Do nondoing, strive for nonstriving, savor the flavorless, regard the small as important, make much of little, repay enmity with virtue; plan for difficulty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/do-nondoing-strive-for-nonstriving-savor-the-flavorless-regard-the/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [Without looking through the window, you can see Heaven's Way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/without-looking-through-the-window-you-can-see-heaven-s-way/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [Can you dissolve your ego? Can you abandon the idea of self and other? Can you relinquish the notions of male and female, short…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/can-you-dissolve-your-ego-can-you-abandon-the-idea-of-self-and-other/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [The Tao is the center of the universe, the good man's treasure, the bad man's refuge. Honors can be bought with fine words, respect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/the-tao-is-the-center-of-the-universe-the-good-man-s-treasure-the-bad/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [What's the difference between beautiful and ugly?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/what-s-the-difference-between-beautiful-and-ugly/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [In stillness the muddied water returns to clarity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/in-stillness-the-muddied-water-returns-to-clarity/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [He (the sage) is good to those who are good. He is also good to those who are not good. That is the virtue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/he-the-sage-is-good-to-those-who-are-good-he-is-also-good-to-those/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [There is a thing inherent and natural which existed before heaven and earth. Motionless and fathomless, It stands alone and never changes; It pervades…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/there-is-a-thing-inherent-and-natural-which-existed-before-heaven-and/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [What is a good man but a bad man's teacher? What is a bad man but a good man's job? If you do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/what-is-a-good-man-but-a-bad-man-s-teacher-what-is-a-bad-man-but-a/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compassion/laozi/#itemlist", "name": "32 Compassion Quotes By Laozi", "numberOfItems": 32, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The highest virtue seems as low as a valley.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Laozi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/the-highest-virtue-seems-as-low-as-a-valley/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30b/laozi-147_character_the-highest-virtue-seems-as-low-as-a-val_1628498.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30b/laozi-147_character_the-highest-virtue-seems-as-low-as-a-val_1628498.jpg", "url": 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