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title: "6 Infinite Compassion Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 6 Infinite Compassion quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Infinite Compassion sayings and thoughts."
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> [“And if God is a suffering God, if this whole universe is borne on a heart infinite in compassion, then the more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-sloane-coffin/and-if-god-is-a-suffering-god-if-this-whole-universe-is-borne-on-a/)

[William Sloane Coffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-sloane-coffin/)

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> [There is no true joy in a life lived closed up in the little shell of the self. When you take one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daisaku-ikeda/there-is-no-true-joy-in-a-life-lived-closed-up-in-the-little-shell-of/)

[Daisaku Ikeda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daisaku-ikeda/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ee/daisaku-ikeda-1472_compassion_there-is-no-true-joy-in-a-life-lived-clo_306043.png)

> [God is the evolutionary impulse of the universe. God is infinite creativity, infinite love, infinite compassion, infinite caring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deepak-chopra/god-is-the-evolutionary-impulse-of-the-universe-god-is-infinite/)

[Deepak Chopra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deepak-chopra/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b6/deepak-chopra-63_caring_god-is-the-evolutionary-impulse-of-the-u_1125615.jpg)

> [“I was six years old when my mother died. For a long time afterward, the sweet and earthy magnolia scent of her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/earlene-fowler/i-was-six-years-old-when-my-mother-died-for-a-long-time-afterward-the/)

[Earlene Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/earlene-fowler/)

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> [“And she said, in a voice strangely unlike her own, 'I see the vision of a poor weak soul striving after good.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olive-schreiner/and-she-said-in-a-voice-strangely-unlike-her-own-i-see-the-vision-of/)

[Olive Schreiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olive-schreiner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e60/olive-schreiner-10332_compassion_and-she-said-in-a-voice-strangely-unlike_1596106.png)

> [“He shimmered in the mirrors. An infinite number of Adrians in beige corduroy trousers and plum-colored turtlenecks and brown suede jackets. An…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/he-shimmered-in-the-mirrors-an-infinite-number-of-adrians-in-beige/)

[Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98f/erica-jong-445_buddhism_he-shimmered-in-the-mirrors-an-infinite_2390814.jpg)

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