--- title: "9 Path Compassion Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Path Compassion quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Path Compassion sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42d/amit-ray-761_compassion_there-are-many-goals-but-one-path-the-pa_2411016.png" --- > [There are many goals but one path - the path of compassion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-ray/there-are-many-goals-but-one-path-the-path-of-compassion/) [Amit Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-ray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42d/amit-ray-761_compassion_there-are-many-goals-but-one-path-the-pa_2411016.png) > [Use what seems like poison as medicine. Use your personal suffering as the path to compassion for all beings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pema-ch-dr-n/use-what-seems-like-poison-as-medicine-use-your-personal-suffering-as/) [Pema Chodron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pema-ch-dr-n/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef6/pema-ch-dr-n-327_compassion_use-what-seems-like-poison-as-medicine-u_683913.png) > [“In the path of compassion our patience, resilience and endurance are often challenged. Sometimes we may fail but we have to stand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-ray/in-the-path-of-compassion-our-patience-resilience-and-endurance-are/) [Amit Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-ray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/750/amit-ray-761_compassion_in-the-path-of-compassion-our-patience-r_507977.png) > [Extremism is the root of all conflict, those who wish to be at peace, follow the middle path of compassion and love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kemmy-nola/extremism-is-the-root-of-all-conflict-those-who-wish-to-be-at-peace/) [Kemmy Nola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kemmy-nola/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7d/kemmy-nola-763_beliefs_extremism-is-the-root-of-all-conflict-th_770529.jpg) > [If everyone sincerely practices the path of compassion and wisdom, all their problems will be solved. I guarantee this.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geshe-kelsang-gyatso/if-everyone-sincerely-practices-the-path-of-compassion-and-wisdom-all/) [Geshe Kelsang Gyatso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geshe-kelsang-gyatso/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f39/geshe-kelsang-gyatso-7286_compassion_if-everyone-sincerely-practices-the-path_2494855.png) > [“We need to go beyond the "Crossroads" to healing as a nation, to not loose focus of the values that made us,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-mitchell/we-need-to-go-beyond-the-crossroads-to-healing-as-a-nation-to-not/) [Phil Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85e/phil-mitchell-26046_america_we-need-to-go-beyond-the-crossroads-to-h_3004880.jpg) > [“The path of compassion does not obligate you to love people regardless of how they act or who they are. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sanaya-roman/the-path-of-compassion-does-not-obligate-you-to-love-people/) [Sanaya Roman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sanaya-roman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26a/sanaya-roman-28397_compassion_the-path-of-compassion-does-not-obligate_2701015.jpg) > [The path of compassion leads to the development of insight. But it doesn't work to say, "Ready, set, go! Be compassionate!" Beginning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-boorstein/the-path-of-compassion-leads-to-the-development-of-insight-but-it/) [Sylvia Boorstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-boorstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5a/sylvia-boorstein-7241_bits_the-path-of-compassion-leads-to-the-deve_1642637.jpg) > [“When you listen to someone complaining, you are forced to acknowledge them as a human being instead of a category. You are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-kendzior/when-you-listen-to-someone-complaining-you-are-forced-to-acknowledge/) [Sarah Kendzior](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-kendzior/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d3/sarah-kendzior-52877_compassion_when-you-listen-to-someone-complaining-y_2574563.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/path-compassion/#itemlist", "name": "Path Compassion Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are many goals but one path - the path of compassion.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Amit Ray" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-ray/there-are-many-goals-but-one-path-the-path-of-compassion/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42d/amit-ray-761_compassion_there-are-many-goals-but-one-path-the-pa_2411016.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42d/amit-ray-761_compassion_there-are-many-goals-but-one-path-the-pa_2411016.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42d/amit-ray-761_compassion_there-are-many-goals-but-one-path-the-pa_2411016.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There are many goals but one path - the path of compassion.” — Amit Ray", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Use what seems like poison as medicine. 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