--- title: "16 Compassionate Heart Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 16 Compassionate Heart quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Compassionate Heart sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5d/phil-jackson-4484_compassion_always-keep-an-open-mind-and-a-compassio_1466881.png" --- > [Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-jackson/always-keep-an-open-mind-and-a-compassionate-heart/) [Phil Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-jackson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5d/phil-jackson-4484_compassion_always-keep-an-open-mind-and-a-compassio_1466881.png) > [No man/ woman is powerful without a compassionate heart towards weak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melchor-lim/no-man-woman-is-powerful-without-a-compassionate-heart-towards-weak/) [Melchor Lim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melchor-lim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/164/melchor-lim-61_compassion_no-man-woman-is-powerful-without-a-compa_3085371.jpg) > [“I am a common human being with a compassionate heart who strives to live his own life and wants not to impede…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suman-pokhrel/i-am-a-common-human-being-with-a-compassionate-heart-who-strives-to/) [Suman Pokhrel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suman-pokhrel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29c/suman-pokhrel-8620_compassion_i-am-a-common-human-being-with-a-compass_1930471.jpg) > [The highest hallmark of a civilized society is not the rapidity by which it exacts vengeance, but its ability to hold victim…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-boyle/the-highest-hallmark-of-a-civilized-society-is-not-the-rapidity-by/) [Greg Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-boyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe8/greg-boyle-3692_ability_the-highest-hallmark-of-a-civilized-soci_1555426.jpg) > [“Be a gift, a light, a blessing as far as the eye can see to answer a call as well as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angelica-hopes/be-a-gift-a-light-a-blessing-as-far-as-the-eye-can-see-to-answer-a/) [Angelica Hopes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angelica-hopes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7f/angelica-hopes-9259_charity_be-a-gift-a-light-a-blessing-as-far-as-t_2802423.jpg) > [May I live this day... Compassionate of heart, / Gentle in word, / Gracious in awareness / Courageous in thought, / Generous in love / Eternal Echoes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-o-donohue/may-i-live-this-day-compassionate-of-heart-gentle-in-word-gracious-in/) [John O'Donohue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-o-donohue/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8db/john-o-donohue-1919_awareness_may-i-live-this-day-compassionate-of-hea_1394388.jpg) > [A hard heart makes for hard judgments; a compassionate heart understands the humanity of the one we presume to judge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-chittister/a-hard-heart-makes-for-hard-judgments-a-compassionate-heart/) [Joan D. Chittister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-chittister/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ef/joan-d-chittister-2635_compassion_a-hard-heart-makes-for-hard-judgments-a_9969.png) > [To help others all it takes is a compassionate heart, and a willingness to be needed. Dr.James Dazouloute](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/drjames-dazouloute/to-help-others-all-it-takes-is-a-compassionate-heart-and-a/) [DrJames Dazouloute](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/drjames-dazouloute/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b8/drjames-dazouloute-24592_charity_to-help-others-all-it-takes-is-a-compass_1417808.jpg) > [A compassionate heart still feels anger, greed, jealousy, and other such emotions. But it accepts them for what they are with equanimity,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-batchelor/a-compassionate-heart-still-feels-anger-greed-jealousy-and-other-such/) [Stephen Batchelor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-batchelor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf8/stephen-batchelor-5328_accepting_a-compassionate-heart-still-feels-anger_1532227.png) > [If you had a compassionate heart àyou will never tell where it will lead you. It may lead you to an adventure,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marwa/if-you-had-a-compassionate-heart-you-will-never-tell-where-it-will/) [Marwa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marwa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a2/marwa-51543_adventure_if-you-had-a-compassionate-heart-you-wil_493101.jpg) > [We all compromise ourselves, from time to time, because maybe it will lead to more opportunity...A ll of that’s cool, but we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-walker/we-all-compromise-ourselves-from-time-to-time-because-maybe-it-will/) [Paul Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/paul-walker-6575_being-truthful_we-all-compromise-ourselves-from-time-to_618320.png) > [Whoever makes love grow boundless, and sets his mind for seeing the end of birth, his fetters are worn thin. If he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/whoever-makes-love-grow-boundless-and-sets-his-mind-for-seeing-the/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/gautama-buddha-163_be-good_whoever-makes-love-grow-boundless-and-se_363739.jpg) > [For those who may not find happiness to exercise religious faith, it's okay to remain a radical atheist; it's absolutely an individual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/for-those-who-may-not-find-happiness-to-exercise-religious-faith-it-s/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d7/dalai-lama-89_compassion_for-those-who-may-not-find-happiness-to_2813551.jpg) > [Imagine you are walking in the woods and you see a small dog sitting by a tree. As you approach it, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brach/imagine-you-are-walking-in-the-woods-and-you-see-a-small-dog-sitting/) [Tara Brach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/257/tara-brach-1898_aggression_imagine-you-are-walking-in-the-woods-and_1717837.jpg) > [“Sister Katerina’s calm is in her eyes, in the way she sits, the way she talks. ‘I think people are people the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-alexi/sister-katerina-s-calm-is-in-her-eyes-in-the-way-she-sits-the-way-she/) [Sara Alexi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-alexi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79b/sara-alexi-34997_compassionate_sister-katerina-s-calm-is-in-her-eyes-in_3027632.jpg) > [Give me ... a compassionate heart, quickly moved to grieve for the woes of others and to active pity for them, even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-arndt/give-me-a-compassionate-heart-quickly-moved-to-grieve-for-the-woes-of/) [Johann Arndt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-arndt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fb/johann-arndt-40403_active_give-me-a-compassionate-heart-quickly-mo_2510767.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compassionate-heart/#itemlist", "name": "Compassionate Heart Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Phil Jackson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-jackson/always-keep-an-open-mind-and-a-compassionate-heart/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5d/phil-jackson-4484_compassion_always-keep-an-open-mind-and-a-compassio_1466881.png", "contentUrl": 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One way to feed it is just being truthful and listening to your heart.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Walker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-walker/we-all-compromise-ourselves-from-time-to-time-because-maybe-it-will/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/paul-walker-6575_being-truthful_we-all-compromise-ourselves-from-time-to_618320.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/paul-walker-6575_being-truthful_we-all-compromise-ourselves-from-time-to_618320.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/paul-walker-6575_being-truthful_we-all-compromise-ourselves-from-time-to_618320.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We all compromise ourselves, from time to time, because maybe it will lead to more opportunity...A ll of…” — Paul Walker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Whoever makes love grow boundless, and sets his mind for seeing the end of birth, his fetters are worn thin. If he loves even a single being, Good will follow. 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