Compassion Quotes · Page 83

“We are all born free of religion, but none of us are born free of the need for compassion.”

— His Holiness the Dalai Lama XIV

Look Back in forgiveness, forward in hope, down in compassion and up in gratitude.

— Zig Ziglar

May God in His mercy lead us through these times; but above all, may He lead us to Himself.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Perimeter is not meaning, but it changes meaning,/as wit increases distance, and compassion erodes it.”

— Jane Hirshfield

I get stuck in the middle of caring too little & caring too damn much.

— Anonymous

Gratitude free of compassion is selfishness. It is nothing more than being happy for what has been done to benefit you.

— Derek R. Audette

“I allow the deities of compassion to fill me with light for the highest good.”

— Amy Leigh Mercree

That which is impermanent attracts compassion. That which is not provides wisdom. (116)

— Stephen Levine

“She had no God to plead to for mercy or luck. It would be true to say she depended instead on human…

— Deborah Levy

So long as space remains So long as sentient beings' Suffering remains I will remain In order to help, In order to…

— Dalai Lama

Apology may start as a feeling, a desire to make matters right, but it requires a commitment to move that desire into…

— John Kador

“If with uncorrupted mind you feel good will for even one being, you become skilled from that. But a Noble One produces…

— Gautama Buddha

You don't believe in God, Rachel. You don't believe in goodness or love or mercy, do you?" "I haven't seen enough to…

— Anne Stuart

Poor animals! How jealously they guard their pathetic bodies...that which to us is merely an evening's meal, but to them is life…

— T. Casey Brennan

I want to realize brotherhood or identity not merely with the beings called human, but I want to realize identity with all…

— Mahatma Gandhi

I will never turn Medicare into a voucher. No American should ever have to spend their golden years at the mercy of…

— Barack Obama

“It was a long time since he'd done any actual clinical work, and obviously his sojourn among the academics at Saro University…

— Isaac Asimov

“Apathy is the bushel basket under which the ego hides its fear of being powerless. It is easier to become apathetic when…

— Darren Main

“Are you going to send me home?” he said. Death reached down and swung him up behind the saddle. BECAUSE YOU SHOWED…

— Terry Pratchett

We sometimes confuse sin with sinner, and we condemn too quickly and with too little compassion. We know from modern revelation that…

— Dieter F. Uchtdorf

I have issued the command, and I'll have anybody who utters but one word of criticism executed by a firing squad, that…

— Adolf Hitler

A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of…

— Henry David Thoreau

When I am there [Tibet], I am very happy. The Tibetans radiate. They literally send out light. His holiness [the Dalai Lama]…

— Richard Gere

My main interest is in the promotion of human values. From birth we have a sense of affection and some sense of…

— Dalai Lama

Compassion is easily forsaken in the midst of prosperity, even when this prosperity is God given.

— Max Anders

Peace on earth and mercy mild are still possible. On Christmas Eve, all things are possible.

— Gregg Easterbrook

“In separateness lies the world's greatest misery; in compassion lies the world's true strength.”

— Buddha

The unexpected kindness of strangers when you're having a stressful day just makes everything a little easier.

— Lacey Chabert

“Let thy first thought in a mercy new morning, be thanksgiving”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Only I am clumsy, like drifting on the waves of the sea, without direction.

— Laozi

“It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding. - Erma Bombeck”

— Anjuelle Floyd

I believe that you have to live a life that involves both courage and compassion.

— Eric Greitens

We claim we believe in compassion, which is an abstract, and when it's personified we discredit the man

— Mort Sahl

“Keep yourselves in the love of God, expecting the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ for eternal life. Jude 21”

— Beth Moore

God is rich in mercy. I know this wealth of his with the certainty of experience, I have touched it.

— Simone Weil

Metal fans are just as compassionate and caring and tolerant as any other form of music fans are.

— Rob Halford

“Every peak and valley of your life has led you to deeper understanding and, ultimately, growing compassion.”

— Amy Leigh Mercree

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

— Anonymous

“Mindfulness could also be described as "heartfulness" because it is really about a compassionate awareness.”

— J. Mark G. Williams

I guess mercy is a muscle like any other. You got to exercise it, or it just cramp right up.

— Esi Edugyan