“Sympathy is imagining the pain. Empathy is having suffered through it first.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
Real compassion means to understand what the needs for body, mind and soul are. — Radhanath Swami Copy Share Image
I believe in continuing to put love and kindness and compassion and art into the world. — Nicole Kidman Copy Share Image
Appearing to be a caring person is one of the greatest illusions of all time. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Through Compassion and Care we are compelled to random acts of kindness and demonstrations of love.” — Jean Hamilton-Fford Copy Share Image
We can’t practice compassion with other people if we can’t treat ourselves kindly. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
The first-rate mind is always curious, compassionate, original, and pessimistic. — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I firmly believe kids don't want your understanding. They want your trust, your compassion, your blinding love and your car keys, but… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
Being compassionate towards hapless creatures is the most humane deed one could do to the nature, regardless of the size, shape or… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
“Only those who are destined to rise to the peak of greatness are allowed to descend to the lowest depths of despair.… — Tara Pollard Copy Share Image
“The non-disclosure of emotional pain can be deeply traumatic. It leads to depression. In such situations of vulnerability, one must choose to… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
“By simply shifting my focus to another person, which is what compassion does, my own pain was much less intense. This is… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
Justice is getting what you deserve. Mercy is not getting what you deserve. And grace is getting what you absolutely don't deserve.… — Cathleen Falsani Copy Share Image
Love and compassion don't at all have to make us weak, or lead us to losing discernment and vision. We just have… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
I want my songs to be heard by everyone. I want [everyone] to treat people with compassion. I want them to realize… — Joshua Radin Copy Share Image
The doctrines contained in the Bible will lift to a superior condition all who observe them; they will impart to them knowledge,… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
Water is one of the basic needs of survival of mankind and water can destroy it, too. That is the power of… — Vikas Khanna Copy Share Image
“shine your mercy like the sun, and be gracious as the earth let your kindness come like rain that cares not whom… — Talib al Habib Copy Share Image
“Whenever we take the focus off ourselves and move it outward, we benefit. Life's most fortunate ironies are that what's best for… — Carl Safina Copy Share Image
There are two types of seeds in the mind: those that create anger, fear, frustration, jealousy, hatred and those that create love,… — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
“If I were Turned, I would want to be put out of my misery,” said Zachariah. “That is mercy. That is what… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Everyone used to chuck snails at each other at school, and I used to try and save them. And not only did… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
“We become attached to each pleasant thought, feeling, taste, smell, and sound. But because everything is impermanent, we’re craving and clinging to… — Noah Levine Copy Share Image
Mercy: “Can't sleep with a dead man in my closet.” Ben: “You killed someone?” Ben asked with interest — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is nothing more ugly than an orthodoxy without understanding or compassion. — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
Sharing can change the world; the smallest act of caring has the potential to turn a life around: sharing is caring. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Worst feeling...caring for someone who you don't think feels the same way back… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
On the whole, my impression is that mercy bears richer fruits than any other attribute. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I am an old sinner; and if God had designed mercy for me, he would have called me home to himself before… — David Brainerd Copy Share Image
The essences of all religions speak of peace, compassion, justice and the interconnection of all life. — Jo Ann Emerson Copy Share Image
“Meditation is making every breath; a kind breath, a compassionate breath and a loving breath.” — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
The beginner's mind is the mind of compassion. When our mind is compassionate, it is boundless. — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“do not heal in isolation. Connecting with others is how we develop compassion for others and for ourselves.” — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
The day you stop being compassionate, your adjective of human drops! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
“The depth of our compassion is proportional to the depth of our living. (65)” — Jean-Yves Leloup Copy Share Image
I pick the hair from her eyes and watch her misery with compassion. — William Carlos Williams Copy Share Image
Thank God for today; without His grace and mercy, none of us would be up today. — Anonymous Copy Share Image