Compassion Quote by Arthur H Stainback

Compassion is of little value if it just remains an idea. It must motivate how we respond to others and be reflective in all…

— Dalai Lama

Compassion is not sentiment but is making justice and doing works of mercy. Compassion is not a moral commandment but a flow and overflow…

— Matthew Fox

We humans do not understand compassion. In each moment of our lives, we betray it. Aye, we know of its worth, yet in knowing…

— Steven Erikson

But compassion is a deeper thing that waits beyond the tension of choosing sides. Compassion, in practice, does not require us to give up…

— Mark Nepo

Compassion is not a virtue -- it is a commitment. It's not something we have or don't have -- it's something we choose to…

— Brené Brown

Compassion may be defined as the capacity to be attentive to the experience of others, to wish the best for others, and to sense…

— Joan Halifax

Compassion is something really worthwhile. It is not just a religious or spiritual subject, not a matter of ideology. It is not a luxury,…

— Dalai Lama

Compassion is the intention to see each human being as no better or worse than yourself, neither more nor less important, and as fundamentally…

— Timothy Miller

Compassion is the ability to understand how difficult it is for people to be the best of what they want to be at all…

— Joan D. Chittister

In its sentimental mode, compassion is an exercise in moral indignation, in feeling good rather than doing good ... In its unsentimental mode, compassion…

— Gertrude Himmelfarb

Compassion is a quality which impels one to perform sacrifices.

— Radhanath Swami

Compassion constitutes a radical form of criticism, for it announces that the hurt is to be taken seriously, that the hurt is not to…

— Walter Brueggemann